Tag: Russia

Kitack Lim, IMO Secretary-General has been on a formal visit to Russia, where he has met with top officials of the Transport Ministry and took part in the Tokyo MoU Committee. The parties expressed their hope for further fruitful cooperation in favour of the global maritime industry.

A Korean company has received a contract to build 15 ice-breaking LNG carriers for Russia, informed the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, on September 7.

South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries and Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex have signed a Term Sheet for creating a joint venture to manage projects for construction of Arctic shuttle tankers, that will be used for the export of oil produced at the fields of Rosneft and other Russian and foreign producers.

Russian energy giant Gazprom and Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co have signed a Framework Agreement for cooperation on small- and mid-scale LNG, in Vladivostok, on September 7.

Genoil Inc announced it has signed a tri-partite science, research and technical cooperation agreement with two leading Russian institutions, focusing, among others, on designing a low-cost desulfurization project to meet IMO 2020 sulfur legislation.

Under MariNet project, Russian engineers have developed a system to monitor aircrafts and unmanned aerial vehicles takeoff and landing onboard ships and offshore engineering structures. The test prototype was developed by Krylov State Research Centre.

Russian developers have launched a project for an integrated marine robotic system of anthropomorphic type for offshore operations, that will be presented by MariNet, the National Technological Initiative working group.

Russian developers have launched the project of a unique technological platform that will allow testing of unmanned surface vessels navigation in virtual environment. The project will be presented by the working group MariNet of the National Technological Initiative.

The Center for Strategic Development will evaluate Russia's demand for new-generation super-heavy nuclear-powered icebreakers Lider (Project 10510) for the purposes of freight transportation along the Northern Sea Route, The Arctic informed.

Lloyds Energy Ltd has signed a collaboration agreement with Gazprom avtomatizatsiya PJSC, for the Development of the Nearshore Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Barges, in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation.