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№4 (33) 2017 UNDERWATER WHICH HAVE ASSISTANTS MADE US Maritime robotics, presented at STRONGER the ‘MarineRobotics-2017’ conference p. 42 The ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ in the time of change and at a new round of its 190 years-long history CIVIL p. 10 SHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FEATURE ONE

PROSPECTS OF THE CRUISE TOURISM IN RUSSIA p. 22 CHEMICAL TANKER BALT FLOT 16 [ project RST27M ] President’s column At the cutting edge of progress

Today many experts in different areas of science and politics, One way or another, the future requires more effective exploration of philosophers and artists claim that we are on the eve of great oceans, seas and rivers. The shipbuilding and related industries are at the changes. The “future” comes much quicker than anyone could forefront of this vector. suppose. The outlook of the Planet is changing considerably. The A man of today travels the entire planet, learning new things, looking political power landscape is changing as well the ethnic make- for new emotions and sensations. Tourism makes a powerful contribution up, environmental conditions, cultural and social attitudes. Even to the development of the world economy, and cruise tourism - river and the way of life and the patterns of life for millions of people are sea - is becoming increasingly popular. Cruise ships today are real floating becoming different. cities, which have everything to provide comfort for their passengers. It is One of the present-day challenges is the melting of the Arctic not surprising that the construction of these expensive vessels in the world ice, which leads to the increase in the World Ocean level. And the is proceeding at a quick rate. The USC is developing this area in Russia: the World Ocean already takes nearly 71% of the Planet surface. Many Shipbuilding Plant ‘Lotos’ is building a river-sea cruise ship for the Moscow countries are already facing the overpopulation and all the related River Shipping Company. The second vessel of this class is being built at problems. The humanity has no other way as to further study and the ‘Krasnoye Sormovo’ Shipyard for the ‘Vodokhod’ shipping company. explore the gigantic water area of the Planet, and to use rightly It is planned to build two river cruise ships of the ‘Golden Ring’ project. those generous opportunities, which it gives to us. Construction of cruise ships is one of our prospects, and we will continue Those things, which seemed fantastic before, gradually to accelerate, using all the latest achievements of science, engineering, become real. The mass media report that there are plans to build high technology and design. Let the year 2018 be another successful step a floating island in the Pacific Ocean, not far away from the French to the future! Polynesia. It will be in fact a small country where roughly a thousand people from different countries will live. Peter Thiel, the author of the project, is confident that in case of success the floating islands will Sincerely, appear everywhere around the world, and by 2050 they will be able USC President to accommodate up to 10 million people…

A.L. Rakhmanov

2 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 1 p. 4 p. 22 History goes on cruise formula Historical roots of the state holiday – Golden age of ships Shipbuilder’s Day for large oceanic travels p. 6 p. 28 USC Panorama Navigation Topical events in the life of State Importance of the corporation The increase of passenger transportation in the Russian p. 10 inland waterways in line Quarter of with Russian Federation’s a Century Transport Strategy until 2030 The ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ makes 25 years. p. 32 Modern history and prospects New style of living on the water p. 14 Mobile platforms To change for the accommodation the terrestrial way of floating hotels, shopping of thinking for and entertainment malls the maritime one and car parking areas On November 16 the House of the Russian Historical Society p. 34 in Moscow hosted a round table on The Grandfather the ‘History of exploration of water of the River Fleet areas and present-day challenges’ A memorial of the Russian shipbuilding – the ‘N.V. Gogol’ p. 20 steamer after the supportive USC Panorama repairs at the berth News of Shipbuilding of Severodvinsk’s from Abroad ‘Zvezdochka’

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№4 (33) 2017 UNDERWATER WHICH HAVE ASSISTANTS MADE US Maritime robotics, presented at STRONGER the ‘MarineRobotics-2017’ conference p. 42 The ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ in the time of change and at a new round of its 190 years-long history CIVIL p. 10 SHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FEATURE ONE

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p. 38 p. 50 The time of rivers The ‘Lenin’ nuclear- The Museum of the river fleet powered icebreaker: at the Volga State University the first in the world! of Water Transport in Nizhniy The beginning of the new epoch in Novgorod – on the Russian the development of the Russian cruise shipbuilding and world shipbuilding in the 19th century p. 54 p. 40 A sign of memory The Era of Robots A memorial sign was installed at Innovative products presented the ‘Admiralty Shipyards’, devoted at the USC-sponsored to the Russian shipbuilders who conference ‘Marine Robotics performed their professional duties in the Exploration of the Ocean’, in the years of the revolution MarineRobotics-2017 and civil war p. 44 Coping with numerous tasks Organized at the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’, the new training for the corporation specialists is focused on the fundamentals of the production system p. 46 How to Surprise Columbus National Sailing League at the World Festival of Youth in Sochi

2 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 3 Yuri Petrov, A close-up view a member of the Presidium of the Russian Historical Society, Director of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences number of different round tables and conferences have been conducted. A memorial sign was installed in ASt. Petersburg, devoted to the Russian shipbuilders who performed their professional duties in the years of the Revolution and the Civil War. Russia is a great maritime power, and its history over the past several centuries is connected to the sea, shipbuilding and the fleet. It is no wonder that we celebrate the Shipbuilder’s Day on June 29. On that day in 1667 a decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was issued on the construction of the ‘Orel’ ship in the village of Dedinovo on the Oka river. De facto, it was the first documented state order of a combat ship. The historians of shipbuilding interpret this event differently. For instance, the five-volume ‘History of the domestic shipbuilding’ under the editorship of Igor Spasskiy, a member of the Academy of Sciences, says that in line with the tsar’s decree, in June 1667, “near the tsar’s village of Dedinovo of the Kolomna district, a shipbuilding facility was established for the construction of the Russian combat fleet. The fleet was under creation in order to protect navigation on the Volga river and in the Caspian Sea. Of course, a hypothesis on the plans of Alexei Mikhailovich to build an entire fleet needs further justification. But it is quite reasonable to take the count of the Russian state shipbuilding history from that decree. Just in tens of years later a real construction of the Russian fleet began. On 30 October 1696, under the rule of the son of Alexei Mikhailovich – Peter the First, the Boyar Duma took its famous ‘The sea ships to exist!’ decision. It is documented that Peter knew the history of the ‘Orel’ quite well, and counted the history of the seamanship from it. In the preface to the Naval History goes on Charter of 1720 he wrote: “Though the father’s intention has not been In 2017, for the first time since long ago, a close logically concluded, it is worth a lifelong cooperation between the shipbuilders and historians glorification, as the current seamanship got its roots from that initiative as from a was established. The history of shipbuilding is one good seed.” of the important pages in the history of Russia as To commemorate the first Russian a great maritime power combat ship and, in fact, his father as well, Peter the First built the Trinity Church in Dedinvo. He also ordered

4 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 5 The «Orel» is closely connected to the history of the Russian state. The name of the frigate itself comes from the Russian national coat of arms

a handwriting translation to be made of a chapter of the book by the Dutch traveler Jan Struys, who was on board the ‘Orel’ ship en route from Dedinovo to Astrakhan. This document is kept as part of the Emperor’s Library in the collections of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Besides, Carsten Brandt, one of the foremen, engaged in the ‘Orel’ construction, later became Peter’s assistant in his activities to build the for the ‘United Shipbuilding Russian fleet. 2017 the year Corporation’ is a special one The ‘Orel’ is closely connected to the history of the Russian state. The name Firstly, it is a jubilee year – the decade since the establishment of the corporation itself. It is symbolic that this year itself of the 22-cannon frigate comes from the importance of the shipbuilding profession was recognized in the Russian Federation at the highest level: on May 30, the Russian national coat of arms. In 2017, the Russian Government passed a resolution establishing a professional day on June 29, a Shipbuilder’s Day. addition to that, some historians believe We express our deep gratitude to fellow shipbuilders and the expert community, the Russian Historical Society headed that the Russian tricolor flag was raised for by Sergei Naryshkin, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and Denis Manturov for participation in the first time on board of this very ship. taking decision on this issue. This is a common success. The shipbuilding in Russia became It is quite natural and, in a way, In St. Petersburg and in the Astrakhan symbolic that since then the shipbuilding region they celebrate regional days of an issue of state in Russia became an issue of state shipbuilders. importance. importance. The names of a number of In Arkhangelsk they are getting shipyards, including the now existing ones, ready to celebrate in 2018 the 325th The names of are inscribed into the Russian history with anniversary of the construction there of a number of shipyards golden letters. ‘Saint Peter’, a Russian combat ship. The The importance for shipbuilders to history of the Russian shipbuilding is full are inscribed into have such a professional day in calendars of important events and dates, and we the Russian history is proved by the fact that in several can only welcome the attention paid by regions they celebrate their own dates the present-day shipbuilders to the past of with golden letters related to the history of shipbuilding. their industry.

4 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 5 panorama 13 October The Leaders of Russia Alexei Rakhmanov became a member of the experts-supervisors group for the participants of the all-Russia contest of managers ‘The Leaders of Russia’, organized by the Office of the President of the Russian Federation in order to select, develop and support the most prospective future top managers of the country

The contest will continue until February 2018. As many as 300 finalists, who will successfully pass all qualification stages, will receive educational grants in the amount of one million roubles in the end. Participants of the special program on the development of the cadre managerial 19 October ‘Griphon’ conducts its first voyage reserve, will also be chosen from among the winners. Supervisors of the participants are the top managers Within the III International Passenger Forum ‘Smart Transport’ in St. Petersburg, from the spheres of business and state management, the innovative passenger catamaran ‘Griphon’ of project 23290 conducted its first voyage among which are the Head of the President’s Office in the territory of the ‘Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard’ Anton Vaino, his deputy Sergei Kirienko, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Today, the shipyard is engaged in creation of innovative products demanded by the civil shipbuilding. Sergei Lavrov, Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira The passenger catamaran of project 23290 is an excellent example of using composite materials in shipbuilding. Nabiulina and others. The SNS is dealing with both the development and the design of vessels.

16-17 november The USC to build six fishing trawlers

The oldest shipbuilding plant in Russia - the ‘Admiralty The first trawler should be built within three years. The sixth Shipyards’ Joint Stock Company and one of the largest national vessel is supposed to be handed over to the customer in 2023. fishing enterprises – the ‘Russian Fishery Company’ have The deal value is more than 37 billion rubles. The construction concluded an agreement on the construction of six large full- will be carried out within the framework of the state program of freezing trawlers of ST-192 project the “investment quotas”.

6 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 7 27 October ‘Pioneer-M’ is at the early stage of designing The ‘Zvezdochka’ Shipyard and the Sevastopol State University have signed a contract on co-financing the project to create an innovative research ship ‘Pioneer-M’

This is a new multifunctional icebreaking vessel, vessel for integrated research of the marine coastal in the ‘Corall Central Design Bureau’, which is entirely designed for the support of the production platforms area. For the design of the ‘Pioneer-M’, innovative based on digital modeling of all phases of the ship’s and for a more convenient operation. As a result of methodologies will be applied, a life-cycle management life cycle -from the conceptual design to the disposal. the signing of the contract, the vessels designing works system will be developed with the introduction of an The ship’s life-cycle management system will be will enter the active stage. The USC is an industrial unmanned traffic regime. The creation of the vessel will created in line with the operation and readiness partner of the Ministry of Education and Science of take three years. In the course of the work, it is planned parameters, prepared for replication in other types of the Russian Federation in the creation of this unique to test and implement the new design methodology vessels for the technology of unmanned shipping.

9 November The flag raised on ‘Fedor Ushakov’

The Russian state flag was solemnly ‘Fedor Ushakov’ combines high maneuverability raised on the new icebreaker ‘Fedor and high passenger capacity, has a powerful Ushakov’ in the port of Murmansk. propulsion system. The design and equipment of The ship, built by the USC’s ‘Arctech the ‘Fedor Ushakov’ permits to provide logistic Helsinki’ Shipyard in line with the order support to the staff of the oil-producing platforms of the ‘Sovcomflot’ is departing for its all the year-round, to be on an emergency and first commercial voyage rescue alert and react quickly to the emergencies. With a fairly small size, the ‘Fedor Ushakov’ is able to evacuate up to 150 people. This new multifunctional icebreaker providing support for the production platforms, built for the Sakhalin II project, is one of the best in its class from the point of view of its characteristics.

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9 November Everything goes according to the plan The shipbuilders of the ‘Baltic Shipyard’ have just finished formation of the superstructure for the lead nuclear power icebreaker the ‘Arctic’ of project 22220

After loading the main turbo-generator of the starboard side, the last block of the superstructure above the engine room was mounted in line with the order. Now the specialists of the shupyard are 15 november An order to the legendary director engaged in the installation of the electrical fitting of the icebreaker, the construction At the solemn ceremony in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin awarded Director of the interior of the residential module General of the ‘Krasnoye Sormovo’ Plant Nikolai Zharkov with the ‘Order of the superstructure, the tightening of of Merit to the Motherland of the II degree’ the cables, and the installation of the main electrical equipment. The next key stage Nikolai Sergeyevich Zharkov is one of the most prominent shipbuilding specialists who of construction will be the end of the has made a huge contribution to the country’s defence capability and the development of formation of the protective shell of the central the domestic shipbuilding. He devoted most of his life to the ‘Krasnoye Sormovo’ Plant, compartment of the icebreaker, where which already made 56 years, 34 years of which he has been heading the enterprise. the nuclear reactor is located, which also Under the leadership of N.Zharkov as many as 105 submarines were built, including 26 envisages its leak tightness testing. with nuclear power units, 25 deep-water rescue and operational vehicles.

16-17 november Professional talk There has been a workshop in Moscow for the representatives of the press-services of the USC enterprises

The employees were addressed by the USC the information policy of the corporation plans for 2018. In addition, there was Vice President for interaction with the state and new approaches to the work in a discussion of current issues on the effective power bodies and for public relations Djahan the media environment. Representatives of interaction between the press services within Pollyeva and Director for the information the enterprises made reports on their activities the corporation, as well as with the media policy Ilya Zhitomirskiy. They spoke about and major achievements in 2017, and shared at the federal and regional levels.

8 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 9 The USC team was competing in five areas. The gold in the ‘Sheet metal working’ competence was won by Dmitry Smirnov, an employee of the ‘Sevmash’ JSC, bronze in ‘Welding technologies’ – by Vladislav Assel, a representative of the ‘Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard’. The 11-people strong delegation, representing the corporation at the championship, included employees of the ‘Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard’, ‘Sevmash’, the ‘Special Design Bureau for Electrochemistry with an Experimental Plant’ and the ‘Zvezdochka Shipyard’. The system of 9 November qualification for participation in the ‘WorldSkills Hi-Tech’ USC representatives were among the winners consists of three stages. The first selection is done of the ‘WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2017’ National Championship directly at the enterprises. Its finalists then compete between themselves within the open championship Representatives of the ‘United Shipbuilding Corporation’ won gold and bronze of the USC employees in line with the ‘Worldskills’ in different competences at the ‘IV WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2017’ National Championship, standards, and the winners of this stage represent which was held in Yekaterinburg the corporation at the National Championship.

17 November The respective official ceremony was attended by the USC President Alexei Rakhmanov, Head of the Kamchatka Region The ‘Leninets’ launched Administration Vladimir Ilyukhin, First Deputy The ‘Yantar’ Shipyard, located by Head – Chief of Office of the Administration of the Kaliningrad Region Alexei Rodin, as the Baltic Sea, launched the ‘Leninets’ well as representatives of the Ministry of trawler. The ‘Leninets’, which is Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the lead trawler-seiner of the SK-310R Russian Federal Fisheries Agency, the design project, was launched from company and the customer. Yevgeniya Bilan, the ‘Burevestnik’ berth the chief accountant of the ‘V.I. Lenin Fishery Collective Farm’, became the godmother of the ship. The contract for the construction of three trawler-seiners of the SK-3101R project was signed by the ‘Yantar’ Shipyard and the fishery collective farm in January 2016. This is the first contract on the construction of such ships in Russia for a domestic customer over the past 20 years. Two other trawlers of this series – the ‘Comandor’ and ‘Udarnik’ are at a hull formation stage, and their launch is planned for 2018.

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Quarter of a century December of 1992 may be considered as a turning point in the life and activity of the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’. Since that time numerous events added even more to the already rich history of the one of the oldest machine-building enterprises of the defence-industrial complex of St. Petersburg and Russia

The building hosting the plant’s management

Vladimir Bogach,

Advisor to the Director General of the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’

10 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 11 Panoramic view of an assembly shops A visit to the ‘Proletarsky Plant’ by JSC ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Governor of St. Petersburg Georgiy Poltavchanko, Director General Aram Arutyunyan is in the middle, 2011

n the early nineties some It must be said that the legislative acts were issued on ability of the plant management the privatization of industrial to reorganize production for the I facilities, introduction of market release of new products had relations, voucherization, etc. The allowed to retain the core of skilled Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry personnel and to pay salaries issued an appropriate order, regularly. according to which the directors During the first ten years, the of enterprises were obliged management of the joint-stock conduct privatization events. company was occupied with the The ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ was no idea to survive, and the plant did exception. A working group was so due to some stability of the crated. It prepared all the necessary the then produced items are still corporate structure, which was documents prescribed by the one off both in Russia and abroad. ensured by the presence of the regulations, and the enterprise was As an example, a self- representatives of the state and registered at the mayor’s office propelled installation, designed the ‘Promstroibank’ in the board of as a reorganized open joint-stock to repair contact networks of directors. company. electrified railroad transport, may It was necessary to find the The chosen method of be given. It implied the original ways around all then time, but privatization, according to which the principle of providing constant it should be noted that all the state kept control over a portfolio of strain, which is used in cargo methods, used by the team that 30% of shares plus a “golden” share, transfer devices in the sea when circled around Director General to some extent was a deterrent two ships are moving in parallel. Igor Pashkevich, did not go beyond against all kinds of encroachment For builders, the enterprise the legal framework. and raiding that flourished then on produced pile hammering Since 2002, a new stage the ruins of the industry. installations, which were used to started in the life of the joint-stock Governor of St. Petersburg The 1990-ies and the Valentina Matvienko at install piles in a non-shock mode. company, when the financial beginning of the new century have a ceremonial meeting devoted to This was especially valuable and economic component was the 180th anniversary of the plant, been rightly called “turbulent”. In to the left – Director General in conditions of dense urban augmented by the corporate Valeriy Suslov, 2006 the first decade of being in the development. and administrative one. First status of a joint-stock company, the of all, financial organizations enterprise had to earn living quite were prohibited from having hard. The need for the shipbuilding securities of other companies in and power engineering products their assets. The leadership of decreased considerably. And those the ‘Promstroibank’ transferred were the two main areas of the the plant’s package of shares plant’s production. The outflow to the management of one of its of workers was increasing, the commercial structures. decades-long cooperative ties with It was quite obvious that the enterprises of the former USSR the joint-stock company was republics were breaking away. The not able to pay dividends on numerous transformations of the the results of its activities. And governing body also were making this situation lasted for several some confusion. Its names changed years. And of course, the like in a kaleidoscope, i.e. the management of the commercial ministry, committee, agency ... structure got rid of the idle non- The customers practically For the metropolitan a profit-making securities. stopped paying, even for already unique structure was designed to The buyer was the IST group fulfilled orders, not speaking about penetrate the vestibules of subway of companies, which already advance payments. The Ministry of stations of the arched type. had shares in the shipbuilding Defence settled in tax exemptions For railway workers, giants of St. Petersburg. It was from payment to the federal budget, in cooperation with the a well-founded decision for the which were not accepted by any ‘Uralvagonzavod’, two cranes were creation of a holding that included other organization, except for the manufactured, with a carrying the machine-building enterprise taxation service. So, it was necessary capacity of 150 tons. They were focused on the production of to adapt to the new conditions. capable of quickly eliminating the ship equipment. Then, new But, not willing to succumb consequences of accidents on the shareholders increased their to the situation, the leaders of the railway tracks, and of doing many stake, acquiring more than 14% enterprise found some commercial other things, which, unfortunately, of the shares and thus creating a orders to load production. Some of had nothing to do with the fleet. blocking volume.

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There were then prospects Electro-hydraulic cranes In 2004 the share-holders and the Ministry of Economic of loading the plant’s capacities of the KEG 80019 type sold the portfolio of shares of the Development, negotiations and on board a rescue vessel with orders from its profile ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ to the East- meetings began on the bail-out area of activities, as well as of European Financial Corporation. plan for the joint-stock company. increasing output and expanding And in two more years, at The enterprise insisted on the nomenclature of products. the official events, dedicated restructuring the debt, opponents However, in order to do that, to the 180th anniversary of from the ‘Deposit Insurance a reorganization was needed. the enterprise, Governor of Agency’ were threatening with And it began with an attempt to St.Petersburg Valentina Matvienko bankruptcy, without taking into resolve a cadre issue. noted a considerable progress account the fact that the plant had To begin with, according in the development of the one a strategic status by the decree to the decision of the regular of the oldest machine-building of the President and was included meeting, the shareholders enterprises. in the register of enterprises of changed the CEO, who had At the end of 2008, Director the defence- industrial complex. been running the enterprise for General Valery Suslov, doctor of Unfortunately, the private more than 26 years. By that technical sciences, who ran the ownership of the joint-stock time, Igor Pashkevich was over plant for only five years, died, company, also burdened with seventy years of age, and his leaving a bright mark in the plant’s information about the placement five-year term under the contract history. of assets of the owner outside was expiring. His successor The global financial system the Russian Federation, did not Valery Suslov, who used to work was shaken by the crisis that permit to take cardinal measures with the former director for a entailed the collapse of the East to resolve that situation. long time, was also not an easy European Financial Corporation, The confrontation lasted person to get on with. And the whose financial institutions for three years until Vladimir confrontation began. were subject to curing, and all Putin, the then Prime Minister, There followed a meeting this resulted in the transfer of interfered in the situation. Prior to One of the oldest of the board of directors and operational plant’s shops the rights to claim the debts to that he was approached by the an extraordinary meeting the state in the person of the recently appointed Governor of St. of shareholders in order to ‘Deposit Insurance Agency’ state Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, terminate the powers of the corporation. Its management who, in his turn, had been briefed acting CEO and appoint the at that time demanded the on the situation around the director recommended by the repayment of loans in excess plant by Director General Aram shareholders. But these events, of two billion, and immediately. Arutyunyan. As a result, the with an external observance of For the enterprise, which had portfolio of the company’s shares the procedure, were held with a turnover of just over one was transferred to the Western violations of the legislation, which billion, this requirement was Shipbuilding Center, which is a allowed the court to recognize impracticable. In the working USC “daughter”. By the direct them invalid and restore the groups of the Ministry of Industry order of the Prime Minister who lawful CEO in office. and Trade, the Ministry of Finance visited the plant in October 2011,

12 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 13 Self-propelled cranes with a lifting capacity The everyday life of the plant of 150 tons, made under the order of the Russian Railroads USC’s President Alexei Rakhmanov, current CEO of the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ Sergei Smirnov and the plant’s Chairman the debt of the enterprise was of the Board of Directors Mikhail Kalugin in one of the enterprise’s shops, 2017 restructured. Since 2012, the company has changed eight leaders. And if platform on which the pilot we add to this the quickly rotating projects of the corporation are financial and economic, production being implemented. So, in early and commercial top managers, not 2017, the task of organizing even speaking about lower-level a centralized accounting for managers, one can easily imagine a number of enterprises, the current situation unfolding at including the ‘Proletarsky the plant. However, it should not Zavod’ was launched. It entails be forgotten that, no matter how Alexei Rakhmanov sees the subsequent spread of strong the turbulence is on top, this experience to the entire the teams of the plant’s shops the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ as one of corporation. and departments are working the basic links for the centre of ship In the end of September, collectively, and owing to them the the plant hosted a two-day enterprise crated the end-products, and energy machine building workshop on the “USC’s which are so much required by Production System”, which the Russian fleet and energy Congratulating the team to overcome the hardships are was attended by CEOs of the infrastructure. on the 190th anniversary of the inexhaustible. shipyards of the North-West At the same time, the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ in December The fact that the leadership and the Far East, as well as the accusations of disrupting 2016, the vice-president of of the corporation is not leading USC specialists. The the delivery terms were the corporation noted the indifferent to the destiny of the summing up of the workshop absolutely fair, especially in improvement in the performance ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ is giving was done the President of the the implementation of the state and expressed confidence more confidence. At the meeting Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov defence order. One of the main that the traditions laid down by of the heads of departments for who noted the need to reasons for that is the lack of many generations of the plant’s public relations and mass media implement the production system efficiency in the work of the workers would once again serve of the USC enterprises, Alexei strategy at the enterprises, which supply service. When it was a good service. Rakhmanov, responding to a should increase the efficiency of close to collapse, one of the top Now, approaching the question about the prospects using all available resources. managers of the corporation, jubilee date of the company, one of the plant, noted that he saw We hope that the Mikhail Kalugin, was sent to may be sure that, no matter it as one of the basic links in forthcoming transformations the plant, and he managed to what hardships the plant’s the center of ship and power will become a new stage in normalize the situation in the workers have to overcome, their engineering. And today the the history of the ‘Proletarsky sphere of production support. energy reserves and the will ‘Proletarsky’ has become a Zavod’.

12 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 13 DISCUSSIONS To change the terrestrial way of thinking for the maritime one!

On November 16, the House of the Russian Historical Society in Moscow hosted a round table on the “History of exploration of water areas and present-day challenges”. The event was attended by the representatives of the ‘United Shipbuilding Corporation’, Russian Historical Society, RF Ministry of Transport, public and scientific organizations

Opening the discussion, the USC the growth of the traffic volume made 120 waterways of the country in line with the President Alexei Rakhmanov % from the level of 2015, and passenger norms: “Particular attention is paid to the noted that the round table gathered turnover – 122.8%. issues related to shipbuilding, because experts of different opinions in relation “The issues of developing the these are two inseparable parts, and if to the agenda issues, starting from the fleet and transportation by sea and we do not provide the proper depths, problems of the World Ocean exploration, river transport are being dealt with in respectively, the ship owners will never and finishing with the options to revive all the countries of the world,” said start building a fleet”. the Russian waterways and shipbuilding Alexei Rakhmanov, “I believe that He also noted that within the accordingly. He stressed that today it was within the framework of the legal basis development of inland waterways, work important to talk about “how we could development and within the framework is underway to design two low-pressure jointly move forward in implementing the of the implementation of the Maritime waterwork facilities, which will permit key provisions of the legislation, which Doctrine of the Russian Federation, we to eliminate bottlenecks, and then the might increase the intensity of operation are obliged to pay sufficient attention unified deepwater system will be able of the inland waterways and create new to this subject and timely respond to to work as a water transport corridor logistic schemes, e.g. the North-South the challenges of the current situation. allowing unimpeded transport of all corridor together with the Northern Sea One of the most topical issues for us is the necessary shipments by inland Route open up new prospects for Russia. the development of the legal basis for waterways. V.Vovk stated the growth of The USC head touched upon the coastal shipping, i.e. the issue of the cargo transportation in the Arctic: in the issue of transportation. He cited the data ships operation under the Russian flag”. ten months of this year, with a general of the Ministry of Transport, according increase in freight turnover in Russia as to which the passenger turnover of the Deputy head of the Federal a whole by 9%, in the ports of the Arctic Russian river transport enterprises in Agency of Maritime and River basin, it grew by 50%. This means 2016 amounted to 525 million passengers Transport Viktor Vovk reminded that the Sevmorflot and the Arctic are per kilometer, which is 6.7% higher than that this year the Ministry of Transport getting a tangible boost to development, in the previous year (2015 – 492 million began to implement the instruction of the and the ports under construction have passenger/km). In the maritime transport President of Russia to bring the internal already had a noticeable effect.

14 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 15 The North-South corridor together with the Northern Sea Route open

The speech of the Chairman up new prospects “On June 20, 2017 the Presidential of the All-Russia Movement for the for Russia Decree No. 327 set ‘The fundamentals Support of the Navy Full Captain of the state policy of the Russian was Federation in the area of military Mikhail Nenashev USC President emotional and multifaceted: “A sea Alexei Rakhmanov maritime activity’ for the period of up or a river route and the sphere of to 2030. The new strategic planning shipbuilding in general always imply document shows directions and priorities large-scale communications! We of the state policy of the Russian must inspire the regions of Russia to to our heroic ancestors and Russia’s Federation in the naval area, determines consider the development of inland worthy attitude to this unique event ... strategic requirements to this activity and waterways, sea and ocean routes for Among the participants of the voyage its provision from the point of view of all themselves as natural. But this maxim on sailboats and yachts there can be the components, including the area of is hardly digested by the power and the the best Russian cadets, students and the military shipbuilding. society. We have never managed so schoolchildren who have distinguished By this document we confirmed that far to make the opening of navigation themselves in the knowledge of history, we consider Russia a great maritime on rivers or lakes in Russia noticeable geography, literature or have won power, which should be at one of the national or region-wide events, contests of essays and of student leading positions in the world in the including the capital city. The country works...” naval sphere. Also the “Fundamentals” lacks modern interesting fiction and include indicators for the assessment of documentary books, films on the ocean, Chief Adviser of the Navy Staff the state policy effectiveness in the field sea and river theme. In two years there Аndrei Popov spoke on the of naval activities in all its components, will be the 200th anniversary of the use of historical experience for the the achievement of which should ensure discovery of Antarctica by the Russian planning and development of maritime the implementation and protection of the sailors. activity, upgrading its conceptual, country’s national interests in the World The all-Russia Movement for the regulatory and legal foundations Ocean. Support of the Navy is proposing, based on the ‘Maritime Doctrine of the In order to implement decisions along with other items of the jubilee Russian Federation’ approved of by of the Maritime Board of the Russian preparation program, to organize, via the President on 17 June 2015. This Federation Government, the Ministry the sea ocean Bellingshausen-Lazarev document determined the content of Defence of Russia in cooperation route, a voyage of modern sailboats and priorities of the national maritime with interested federal executive power and yachts of Russia from Kronstadt policy on its functional and regional bodies has prepared a new edition of and Vladivostok ... This will be a kind directions, clearly stated what are the the ‘Strategy on developing maritime of a relay race, the different sea stages national interests of Russia in relation activity of the Russian Federation until of which will be passed by two hundred to the World Ocean, as well as areas 2030’. This document is aimed at the sailboats, yachts and ships. In such a and events aimed at their practical practical implementation of the Maritime way we will demonstrate our respect implementation and protection Doctrine of the Russian Federation in all

14 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 15 The history of Russia is entirely connected the component and types of the maritime the city and made it really a port of activity and its support. with the ships. five seas. Otherwise, we would not Consideration of the new version The ‘Aurora’ cruiser, have possessed all this economic of the strategy is planned to be held infrastructure today. in December 2017 at a meeting of the the symbol of “If to look into the future Maritime Board. In addition, a new retrospectively, it becomes obvious draft law ‘On the state management the Revolution, that the issue of the development of the maritime activity of the Russian of the entire river transport Federation’ was prepared, which entered the Neva river infrastructure, which ensures should become a system-forming, exactly from the wall and will ensure the growth of the framework legal act in the sphere of economy, is of real importance. And, maritime activities of the country, clarify of the present- of course, we need to focus on the the mandate and interaction principles “green” economy. The construction for the federal executive power bodies day ‘Admiralty of new ports, the development of and the state authorities. To implement infrastructure related to canals, etc. the decisions of the Maritime Board, Shipyard’ should fit into the idea of protecting it is also planned to draft a number of nature. The “green” economy, bills in the field of maritime activities, Managing Director of the ‘History of the based on river transport, acting in Motherland’ Fund, doctor of sciences in particular, to develop bills on search conjunction with the railway, will (history) Konstantin Mogilevskiy and rescue at sea, on navigational provide Russia with sustainable and hydrographic support of marine development,” said the scientist. activities, and others,” said the Adviser of the Naval Staff. Managing Director of the ‘History of the Motherland’ Fund, doctor of Deputy Dean of the Archive- sciences (history) Konstantin Keeping Faculty of the Historical Mogilevskiy noted that the and Archival Institute of the Russian history of shipping, the history of State University for the Humanities shipbuilding is one of the priorities in Vsevolod Sergeyev devoted the year when an important jubilee his briefing to the role of rivers and is marked, i.e. the 350th anniversary water areas in general in the history of of Russia’s state shipbuilding. No Russia. wonder that the round table and the Since the time of the Moscow exhibition were devoted to this date. Principality and up to the present days, On 7 November a memorial sign was the development of the country was installed. It is devoted to the Russian associated with the development of shipbuilders who performed their duties the river transport and its access to the in the years of the Revolution and the sea. It was not just the following of a Civil War. “The history of Russia, and its specific regional logic, but an attempt present and future accordingly have a to include Russia in the universal shipping dimension as well. The ‘Aurora’ space. It was the development of water and restoration of trade routes based cruiser, the symbol of the Revolution, trade routes at the edge of the modern on river corridors is still as important entered the Neva river from the wall of history, which contributed a lot to the as it was before. And here comes the the present-day ‘Admiralty Shipyard’. rise of Russia. issue of infrastructure. For example, What other arguments are needed in In the context of the 21st century the creation of a canal system in order to prove that the history of Russia the alignment of a common trade route Moscow provided enough water for is closely connected to ships?!” - noted

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Konstantin Ilyich. He clarified that the ‘History of the Motherland’ Fund supports projects aimed at the historical enlightenment, including on the issues of the history of fleet and shipbuilding. “The House of the Russian Historical Society is a hospitable house, which is why we will continue to support events on popularization of the Russian fleet and shipbuilding. The Chairman of the Russian Historical Society Sergey Naryshkin conveys his wishes of successful work to all the participants of today’s round table,” concluded K.Mogilevskiy. Fishery science is a maritime component

Head of the Laboratory of along with the navy and the trade steamship geoecology and sustainable nature company management of the Department of international complex problems Research Supervisor of the All-Russia Research and Development Institute of nature management and of the Fishing Industry and Oceanography M ikhail Glubokovskiy ecology of the MGIMO University, Associate Professor Natalia Ryazanova touched upon the issues of ecology: “We talk a lot about the necessity to connect our water objects not only in the latitudinal, but also in the meridional direction. But I would like to draw your attention to the fact that by doing this we risk to bring a huge number of biological organisms that are not typical to the latitudes and water areas, in which they can appear. We already observe this in some seas and rivers: these organisms are aggressive and occupy new ecological niches. Unfortunately, research projects in this area are so far launched by scientists only in a self-motivated Russia and drew the attention of the time, Mikhail Glubokovskiy pointed to the manner. There is also a lack of legal audience to the issues of sea exploration: need to defend our national interests in basis regulating these issues. Many of “Fishery science is a maritime component intergovernmental agreements (and we us are members of expert councils of along with the navy and the trade have 65 international agreements in the various organizations and authorities, steamship company. Previously, the field of fishing from the Antarctic and the so I would like us to raise these topical fishing fleet fulfilled many special tasks, Arctic to the tropics, where we also want issues in expert communities and seek including scientific ones. In 1980-ies to catch). solutions among professionals.” Natalia the Soviet fleet numbered about two “We won’t be able to serve the Ryazanova also spoke in favor of using hundred research vessels divided into bioresources located even in our the “peaceful atom” technologies for the three groups: 123 vessels (of which jurisdiction. And as soon as we exploration of the Arctic, reasoning that 73 were large-tonnage vessels) - a have signed the ‘Law of the Sea with an appropriate use they are much detachment of research industrial and Convention’, fishermen under other more environmentally friendly than any search vessels in all the water basins, 39 flags will feel free in our exclusive others available to us. operational search and rescue vessels zone. But still there is a hope: the and 24 experimental vessels with deep President of the Russian Federation Research Supervisor of the All- submergence vehicles. What does the has decided, and the appropriate work Russia Research and Development scientific fleet of Russia look like now? is already underway, to design three Institute of the Fishing Industry Fifteen ships with no large-capacity large-capacity research ice-class and Oceanography Mikhail ships at all. Everything was built in the vessels for the fishery science. The Glubokovskiy spoke on the Soviet times, and is now already out of construction of these ships as such will current status of the fishing industry in style and proper conditions.” At the same start in 2018”.

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we need to expand the community that would like to start reviving the river traffic of normal financing. For comparison, USC Vice President for interaction previously Russia was getting 80% with the state power bodies and for public relations of the data on the ocean, and now Djahan Pollyeva there is no more than 7–8%. Being the largest oceanographic centre of the country, our Institute is trying somehow to save the situation: yes, we have not left the ocean, we try to the best of our ability to operate in the Antarctic and the Northern Sea Route, but this work is just an initiative of our scientists. With the completion of the Federal Targeted Program ‘The World Ocean’ in 2013 the substantial support of our complex studies was over. The next problem is what instruments we shall use for the studies. Of course, we need to build the new scientific and research fleet and resume the Federal Targeted Program ‘The World Ocean’, which was the key element to support Russia’s activities in the World Ocean”. Head of the Federal Acting Director of the ‘P.P. State Budgetary Enterprise Shirshov Institute of Ocanology’ Lead Scientist of the Theory “Moscow Canal” German Alexei Sokov drew everyone’s of Law and State Sector of the Yelyanushkin spoke on attention to the problem, which Institute of State and Law of the modernization of the infrastructure seems to be one of the most acute: Russian Academy of Sciences and increased popularity of river “Currently we see the virtualization Vladinir Pligin dwelled on cruises: in 2017 the tourist flow of space, there is an escape from political and legal aspects of the main increased by 15%. The ships reality. For instance, the maps of the topic of the round table: “One of the are filled by 100%, out of which World Ocean soon will become virtual, most serious challenges we are facing 80% are foreign tourists. German computerized, based on models rather is the change of the world map. Every Yelyanushkin underscored that new than real data. ten years we have ten or fifteen new vistas are open here for the tourist The main challenge is the lack countries established. It is extremely companies. He called all those of observations in the World Ocean. difficult to forecast when this map present to propagate the river cruise They are under reduction now with becomes stable. There are new entities tourism and prepare for the next a catastrophic speed. If to speak claiming their right to new water areas, navigation already now, which will about Russia, then these problems new boundaries and resources. Old help to make a real festival out of it. in science are connected to the lack entities disappear or turn into collapsing

18 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 19 we need to build the new scientific and research states, thus new challenges are new and new aspects of the problems emerging, which are connected with raised here. We have many intersecting fleet and resume the military threat as well as with the segments that are in the same system the Federal threat of more criminal incidents at of relations, connected with each other. sea. Unfortunately, this change of the And this is not accidental, because Targeted Program map is also of principal importance for we live in a great maritime power. The us. Those issues, which seemed clear naval sphere is receiving permanent ‘The World Ocean’ before (if we speak about the previous attention in this country, but the civilian space, supposedly, about the space one is getting far less. But there is also Acting Director of the ‘P.P.Shirshov of our great country), are becoming a research fleet, fishing, passenger Institute of Ocanology’ complicated and partly unsettled. transportation, and cruise ships. It Alexei Sokov There remains a hope that we will be seems to me that we need to expand able to cope with this challenge in the the community that would like to start most tolerant way and to find the best reviving the river traffic - both passenger solutions.” and freight. In Russia, there is a culture Vladimir Pligin noted that much and a habit in place of living along will depend here on the Academy of the water, along rivers. And our ship Sciences and those research projects, culture is great, amazingly beautiful and which are currently underway. “History very old. This was the very first of the also often becomes part of the Law,” industrial cultures, and ships were the noted he, “and in some cases helps to first objects that stimulated the creation settle down all these relations. If you do of a whole set of technologies at once. not take an active position in shaping And these technologies were this space (it is also shaped by the connected with the arts as the ship should presence – scientific and technological not only be well equipped, but also it ones), then its volume shrinks from should look nice. We need to deal with the point of view of the international conceptual things and remind the entire community’s understanding of your Russian society of the glory of our fleet, sovereignty and your aspirations. And the contribution of our shipbuilders and we need to take account of all those industrialists in creating and strengthening aspects”. Russia as a great maritime power”.

The meeting was concluded Summing up the results of the by the presentation of the USC Vice round table, its participants came to President for interaction with the the conclusion that such meetings with state power bodies and for public experts on issues related to sea and river relations Djahan Pollyeva: navigation and shipbuilding, with inland “Today’s meeting might have been much waterways, development of the oceans, broader in fact – we might have invited historical and legislative aspects of the a dozen of other people who would talk marine and river themes, should be made about other important things, opening up regular.

18 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 19 panorama 23 October Shipbuilding Move on to the Antarctic! abroad The ‘Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ press-service reported that the keel of the second expeditionary cruise 13 October ship for the ‘Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ was laid down in Romania River Vikings The hulls of two ships for the ‘Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ - ‘Hanseatic Inspiration’ and According to ‘Los Angeles Times’, the ‘Viking Cruises’ ‘Hanseatic Nature’ are being built in Romania, and the final phase of construction will company will enlarge its fleet considerably: after be held at a shipyard of the VARD company in Norway. The new cruise ships will be the commissioning of the new river ships in 2019, given the highest ice class for traveling in the Antarctic. The passenger capacity of its flotilla will already have 69 of them the ships will make from 199 to 230 guests depending on the area of navigation.

In the same year the ‘Viking’ will get its sixth ocean ship and will become the largest low-tonnage sea cruisers’ operator. One more mentioned ship is one of the eight ordered from the ‘Fincantieri’. Six passenger cruise liners of the ‘Viking Longships’ line, to be commissioned by 2019, will serve the most popular routes on the rivers Rhein, Main and Danube. One more ship was designed specially for the navigation in the Portuguese lake of Duero. The capacity of the ‘ Viking Longships’ series ships is 190 passengers. Among the ninety-five cabins, there are two multi-room luxury-class ones, as well as seven two-room suites equipped with a veranda at the living room and a French balcony in the bedroom. In addition, there are 39 cabins with verandas and 22 - with French terraces. The cabins are equipped with comfortable beds, heated floors in the bathroom and mini fridge. In addition, all ships of the ‘Viking Longships’ series are environmentally friendly, use onboard solar panels, their energy efficient hybrid engines have a reduced level of vibration and noise. ruises C ream D 27 October New Asian Giant The ‘Meyer Werft’ German shipbuilding company has given the customer the new ‘World Dream’ cruise ship with the tonnage of 151 300 registered tons

This giant is built for the ‘Dream Cruises’ Asian shipbuilding company owning the ‘Genting Dream’ liner. The passenger capacity of this 20-deck ship with

the length of 335 and the width of 39.7 meters is 3376 people. The maximum ruises C speed is 23 knots. The draft is 8.3 m. ing k i V easide S This 18-deck liner with the length of 323 m, width of 41 m and 27 October A cruise in the Italian style the tonnage of 160 thousand tons is built for the ‘MSC Cruises’ company. MSC Its passenger capacity is 5179 people, maximum speed – 21.3 knots. The Shipspotting.com reports that the ‘MSC Seaside’ cruise Starting from December, the ‘MSC Seaside’ will navigate all the year round hip, built at the ‘Fincantieri’ shipyard in Italy, has successfully in the Caribbean Sea, operating from the port of Miami. completed the at-sea trials

20 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 21 2 November The contract on the construction of three cruise ships between the American cruise company and Italy’s ‘Fincantieri’ was signed in 2015. The construction of the fist ship of the ‘Virgin I’ ship series started in March this year. The 100 thousand registered tons ships will have the passenger capacity of 2700 people. They were designed as A cruise superyacht – their creators are intending to change the traditional view of tourists on cruise trips. The ‘Virgin I’ will in the Italian style be handed over to the customer already in 2020, and the remaining two vessels – in 2021 and 2022. The keel of the first cruise ship for ‘Virgin Voyages’ was laid down in Italy, says ‘Los Angeles Times’ VIRGIN VOYAGES

15 November Seven Seas Splendor ‘Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ announced the name of the second cruise liner of the ‘Explorer’ class: it will be called ‘Seven Seas Splendor’

Its provision is expected in the first quarter of the year 2020. To choose the name, a lottery was organized with participation of travel agents, guests and employees of the company. The ‘Seven Seas Splendor’ name was chosen out of nearly 2600 unique names. The new liner will become the 5th liner in the fleet of the ‘Regent Seven Seas Cruises’. Its gross tonnage will be 55 554 tons, length - 7 November 223 m, and it will be able to take onboard 750 passengers, which will be accommodated Cold Premeditation in 370 luxury class cabins.

The Norwegian ‘Ulstein’ shipyard concluded an agreement with the ‘Lindblad Expeditions ULSTEIN Holdings’ cruise company on the construction of an expeditionary polar ship

The ship will be constructed in Ulsteinvik. feature of the cruiser is its fore end, which The commissioning is due to be held in will help to reduce the fuel consumption and the first quarter of 2020. In line with the ship increase the level of comfort in strong roll designers’ information, it was designed with of the sea. The ship also has a needed ice the account of the top level of safety, comfort class n order to be able to make voyages

and environmental friendliness. The peculiar to distant polar areas. SEVEN SEAS CRUISES

MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 21 TENDENCIES THERE ARE THREE ‘OASIS’ CLASS SHIPS OPERATING IN THE OCEAN: ‘OASIS OF THE SEAS’, ‘ALLURE OF THE SEAS’ AND ‘HARMONY OF THE SEAS’. THE FOURTH VESSEL -

Each ‘Oasis’ class ship can take onboard over six thousand passengers SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMMISSIONED IN 2018. THE FIFTH ‘OASIS’ SERIES SHIP SO FAR HAS NO NAME. MODERN FLOATING IT IS PLANNED TO HAVE BEEN BUILT BY 2021 MEGAPOLISES ‘OASIS’ CLASS CRUISE SHIPS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR NAME FROM THE LEAD ‘OASIS OF THE SEAS’ SHIP – THE BIGGEST ONE FOR THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION 45 000 tons IS THE WEIGHT OF THE CRUISE SHIP’S HULL, ASSEMBLED BY AN OVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANE FROM 181 BLOCKS, 600 TONS OF WEIGHT EACH 97 020 kW IS THE AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF THE SIX PRIME INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES. IT IS EQUAL TO 131 947 H.P. 20 000 kW IS THE AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF THE FOUR SMALLER PROPELLERS LOCATED IN THE KEEL OF THE FOREBODY. OWING TO THEM, THE SHIP CAN TURN ON HER HEEL TENDENCIES CRUISE FORMULA “THE ERA OF SUPERSPEED SHIPS FOR TRANSATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION IS OVER. MOTORSHIPS ARE TAKING THE LEAD NOW. THEIR PASSENGER CABINS ARE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, AND THEIR SERVICE IS ATTRACTIVE FOR THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF HAVING REGULAR SAILING TIMETABLES, COMFORTABILITY AND REASONABLE PRICES,” – this is how The New York Times was quoting in its issue of 20 February 1933 the managing director of the then famous Dutch company ‘Holland American Line’, which is still operational as part of the ‘Carnival’

LEV GELMAN,

Director of the Department for Strategic Development

hich superspeed ships were they speaking about? In В 1928 the US government decided (it must be mentioned that the history of the state support measures for ship building and navigation in the USA is by itself very informative and worth having a closer look at) to support shipbuilding by means of the so- Wcalled post subsidy, which was to be paid for the transportation of post correspondence via certain routes. The amount of the subsidy covered the difference between the US shipping companies’ operating expenses for the work with the ships built in US shipyards and the operating expenses they were to carry in case of using a fleet of ships built in foreign countries. The superspeed vessels were the ‘Bremen’ class ships with the volume of 28 000 gross register tons, capable of reaching the speed of 28 knots per hour. The price tag for such ships in the 1930-ies made up from 25 to 30 million dollars. It is obvious that

MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 23 ‘Eclipse’, built TENDENCIES at the famous German ‘Meyer Werft’ shipyard and commissioned in 2010, is a part of the modern ‘Solstice’ Class

in those conditions the main focus was on the speed of the ocean crossing as it gave an opportunity to transport more cargoes making more voyages. Simultaneously, no one cared much about the passengers’ comfort as it was important to have as much space as possible in order to take more of them onboard. The passengers suffered. At that time, there were still memories in place of transoceanic routes on board of steamships with shared shower cabins, each used for no more than ten minutes a day by one passenger, and with tables in restaurants equipped with special cross bars, which prevented the plates with food from slipping off during strong ship motions. The managing director of the ‘Holland American Line’ stated that “the shipping industry looks into the future with only one hope that world nations would get together to find solutions to those issues that have paralyzed commerce as well as the movement of people and cargos”. However, not all hopes came true. And the reason for that is the technical progress. The start of the turbojet era in commercial (passenger) aviation in the 1950-ies marked OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS, CRUISE OCEAN LINERS the beginning of the decline in transoceanic HAVE “GROWN” CONSIDERABLY. THE ‘TITANIC’ IS 100 METERS shipping. The appearance in the early 70-ies of powerful and comfortable airliners SHORTER THAN THE MODERN ‘HARMONY OF THE SEAS’ capable of crossing the Atlantic without intermediary landings and the fall in prices for air tickets de facto led to the closure of regular ocean passenger routes between the ports of Europe and the American continent. Ocean liners, which had been in operation since the beginning of the 20th century, gradually started to be used as cruise ships, but high ‘Ruby Princess’ – fuel consumption, deep a Grand-class cruise ship, belonging and draft, not allowing the managed by the ‘Princess Cruises’, was built ships to enter ports with in 2008 by ‘Fincantieri’ in Trieste shallow waters, cabins without windows, designed to maximize the number of passengers - all this limited the possibility of using them as ships intended for recreation. Modernization of the liners turned out to be economically ineffective. So, the growing demand for cruise tours, on the one hand, and the lack of economically

24 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION The ‘Allure of the Seas’ cruise ship has a skating rink, volleyball and basketball grounds, a golf field, bowling equipment, climbing walls, fitness center and spa. Specially equipped swimming pools allow the users to do surfing

A modern ocean liner is no longer just a passenger ship designed to transport passengers from port A to port B, it is rather a “floating city”, capable of accommodating up to 6 000 passengers and providing them with maximum comfort

justified proposals, on the other, have led to the inexhaustible flow of orders for new cruise ships. Over the past 100 years, cruise ocean liners have “grown” considerably. The length of the ‘Titanic’, which once used to be the largest steamship, is 100 meters less than the length of the ‘Harmony of the Seas’, built in 2015, and it overall size is five times smaller accordingly. The internal arrangement of cruise liners also continues to undergo changes depending on the preferences of customers. In June 2017, the ‘Meyer Werft’ baptized the ‘Norwegian Joy’, a cruise ship ordered by the ‘Norwegian Cruise Line’ specifically for the Chinese market. The area of casino premises there has been increased more than twice, while other ocean liners of the same company are giving more space to shops. Such attention to the demands of the Chinese market is not accidental: the number of inhabitants of the “Celestial Empire”, who prefer sea voyages to other types of tourism, has been growing by almost 80 percent annually over the past five years. In 2016, the number of Chinese

24 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION The length of the ‘Titanic’, which once used to be the largest steamship, is 100 meters less than the length of the ‘Harmony of the Seas’, built in 2015, and it is five times smaller

tourists going to sea and ocean cruises greatly overestimated, the operators China is trying to destroy the existing passed the mark of two million, overtaking of cruise lines will be threaten by their duopoly. The ‘China State Shipbuilding the corresponding figures in the UK and excessive capacities. Corporation’, which until recently specialized Germany. The number of Chinese families Similarly to the global aircraft market, in the construction of bulk carriers, tankers earning more than 35 000 US dollars a year, controlled by two manufacturers – ‘Boing’ and similar products, established a joint which is the lower limit of family income, the and ‘Airbus’, the market of building large venture with ‘Fincantieri’ in February 2017 achievement of which, according to market ocean passenger liners is in fact divided to build two cruise ships designed to service operators, provides an opportunity to travel between two companies, i.e. the German the Chinese subsidiary of the ‘Carnival’, abroad, has grown from six to twenty seven ‘Meyer Werft’ and the Italian ‘Fincantieri’. America’s largest cruise line operator. million over the past ten years. ‘Fincantieri’ has built almost all the vessels According to The Economist, the question is The rapidly growing cruise market in of the ‘Carnival Corp’ and the ‘Meyer not in whether the Chinese shipyards break China (for comparison, the flow of American Werft’ – of the ‘Norwegian Cruise Line’. through to this market, but rather in when it tourists buying cruise tours practically Fincantieri’s positions in this segment of happens. In 2015, the Chinese Government remained unchanged during the same the market significantly strengthened in announced a five-year plan to launch period of time) required a quick reaction September 2017, when an agreement construction of its own cruise ships, though of cruise line operators and shipbuilders. was reached between the governments of it will be quite difficult for the Chinese However, if the growth of China’s economy France and Italy on the actual Fincantieri’s shipyards to do so. slows down, and expectations of interest of control over the ‘Saint-Nazaire Yard’ European dominance in this segment the Chinese tourists in sea tours become (STX France). of civil shipbuilding is provided by

‘Queen Mary 2’ is the flagship of the British shipping company ‘Cunard Line’ It was built and commissioned In 2004

MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 27 The ‘Oasis of the Seas’, built in 2009, has seven TENDENCIES godmothers at a time – in line with the number of entertainment areas

developed clusters of niche products suppliers. Fincantieri’s annual report for Over the next seven years, 2016 notes that only in Italy the number the world’s fleet of ocean cruise ships will grow up of suppliers exceeds five thousands. The global number of contractors is over 80 to 375 ships. The liners, to be build in this timeframe, thousands. This is difficult to replicate or will provide 225 000 new passenger seats reproduce quickly. When in the recent past the MHI tried to enter this market with an order worth 1.3 billion US dollars from a “floating city”, capable of accommodating “floating islands of happiness” is connected a German operator for two cruise ships, up to 6 000 passengers and providing them with the assessment of the prospects for the the company lost 2.3 billion US dollars. In with maximum comfort. The philosophy market, the capacity of which seems to be October 2016, in order to stop the further of cruise liner operators is based on the inexhaustible. decline in the stock price of shares, the understanding that the modern consumer The period of the cruise tourism MHI was forced to promise never again to of tourist services is willing to pay not for development fueled by the growth of the try to build even a single liner. renting a cabin for a week or two, but for an southeastern demand has been lasting for If the market of building large ocean opportunity to get impressions. ten years now. It boosted the shipbuilding liners is practically divided between the two For instance, ‘Oasis of the Seas’, which segment of ocean cruise ships and cruise players, the sea cruise market, estimated is one of the largest liners, cost the owner - ships of mixed, “river-sea”, class. Over the at $ 40 billion annually, is at 80 percent the ‘Royal Caribbean Cruises’ almost next seven years, the world’s fleet of ocean controlled by three operators: ‘Carnival’, 1 billion US dollars, and it encompasses on cruise ships will grow up to 375 ships. The ‘Royal Caribbean Cruises’ and ‘Norwegian board around twenty restaurants, seventeen liners, to be build in this timeframe, will Cruise Line’. bars, a mock-up of the Central Park of provide 225 000 new passenger seats. A modern ocean liner is no longer just New York and two walls for rock climbing. The development of cruise tourism a passenger ship designed to transport Of course, the willingness of the operator requires adequate development of port passengers from port A to port B, it is rather companies to invest so much in the new infrastructure, which can serve liners accommodating up to 6 000 passengers and 3 000 crew members. One of the Outperformed the ‘Titanic’ important tasks is the recruiting and training of the support staff. Largest ocean liners, which have outperformed the most famous cruiser in all characteristics Provision of load for the existing and Name Year of maximum number Gross Length, newly constructed liners also requires the commissioning of passengers registered tons meters creation of new destinations, since tourists Allure of the Seas 2010 7148 225 282 362 are still focused on the possibility of visiting Harmony of the Seas 2016 6780 226 963 362 certain geographical locations, and not just Oasis of the Seas 2009 6296 225 282 360 on entertainment on board a comfortable Freedom of the Seas 2006 4375 154 407 339 cruise ship. For example, if we take the MSC Fantasia 2008 3959 133 500 333 European market, currently providing about Voyager of the Seas 1999 3838 137 276 311 6.8 million tourists a year, the guarantee Queen Mary 2 2004 3090 151 400 345 of loading new cruise ships will require Radiance of the Seas 2001 2501 90 090 293 a twofold increase in this flow over the Vision of the Seas 1998 2435 78 491 302 next ten years. Moreover, one should not Queen Mary 1934 2139 81 237 311 forget that alongside the market of ocean Queen Victoria 2007 2014 90 000 294 cruise routes there exists and develops Queen Elizabeth 2 1967 1900 70 327 294 a river cruise market, which has its own Titanic 1911 1309 46 328 269 peculiarities and its potential.

MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 27 Navigation of state importance For the purposes of providing state support to the tourism infrastructure, to consider a possibility to develop a program on renewal of cruise ships, passenger and passenger-and- Sergei Italiantsev, freight ferries for sea and river Head of the Direction of the ‘Ships River-Sea’ Program transportation, and to elaborate a mechanism stimulating construction of cruise and yacht ships at Ilya Kosygin, the domestic shipyards. Project manager

From the records of the Presidium of the State Council on the issue of ‘Developing inland waterways’ of 15.08.2016

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ussia has a large and ramified network of river routes and lakes. They play Ran important role in regions where the directions of the main transport and economic links and river routes coincide, as, for example, in the Volga-Kama river basin in the European part of Russia and in poorly The exterior appearance developed regions with almost of a PV300VD project motorship no alternative types of transport such as northern and north- eastern parts of the country. According to the Transport those vessels, which have, at competitively low tariffs, the Strategy of the Russian Motorship least, a minimum number of payback of such projects is Federation, developed for [ project PV300VD ] conveniences, i.e. a bathroom lengthy. the period up to 2030, it is with a shower and an air- To solve the problem of planned to increase passenger Length: 141.0 m conditioner. “Uncomfortable” renewing the river fleet, the traffic on inland waterways Width: 16.6 м are those vessels, which lack country needs new projects of of Russia. To ensure this Hull height: 5.5 м those conveniences entirely of river cruise passenger ships. growth, it is necessary to build Draft: 3ю2 м have them only in parts. A number of design bureaus new passenger ships. It is in Capacity of the electric The main problem is have developed designs for particular needs to be done propulsion installation: the age of the majority of new comfortable cruise ships. 3х1000 kW considering the fact that the age river cruise ships, which Some of these projects have Capacity of the diesel gas of many ships of the existing generator: 4х1140 kw makes 40 years or more, been implemented or are in the passenger fleet is already Operational speed: 22.5 km/h which determines the level process of preparing for the approaching the critical point Class RR: M-SP3.5А (ice 30) of comfort that is not in laying-keel ceremonies at the and they are quite actively being accordance with present-day Russian shipyards. decommissioned. requirements, and which The first implemented At the same time, Russia was laid down at the stage project of a passenger cruise has a huge potential for cruise of construction. In the next ship is the diesel-electric ship vacations and water touring. ten years, the overwhelming of the PV09 project, built They are carried out practically majority of existing river at a Moscow shipyard and throughout the entire territory of vessels is expected to be commissioned in May 2017. our country: from Petrozavodsk decommissioned without an The modern design of the to Astrakhan, from St. adequate replacement. Placing vessel includes a diesel-electric Petersburg and to the Urals, orders for the construction of power plant, a five-star interior including the famous “Golden river vessels requires large finishing, and a capability Ring” of Russia. Today river investments, and in conditions to access marine areas. cruise ships carry about 350 of seasonality of work and Successful construction and thousand passengers a year. According to the forecasts, by 2030 their number will increase to 0.77-1.09 millions people per The change of passenger transportation volumes year. The number of passenger number of passengers ships expected to be built to 900 000 number of meet the market demands passengers should amount to 220 to 290 800 000 transported by ships units by that time. 700 000 About 130 river cruise 600 000 number of passenger vessels are currently operating 500 000 on the rivers of the European 400 000 part of Russia. By the level of 300 000 comfort they are divided into two 200 000 notional groups: “comfortable” 100 000 and “uncomfortable”. By 0 “comfortable” are meant 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030

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operation of this vessel European part of the country, marked the beginning of the but also in Siberia and the Far renovation of the Russian East. The main feature of the cruise fleet. vessel is an adapted wheeled Currently the propeller. The advantage of Shipbuilding Plant ‘Lotos’ this engineering solution, in (part of the USC) is building addition to the reduced power- the first PV300VD project to-weight ratio, is the efficient liner for the Moscow River operation of the propeller with Shipping Company. The Moscow - Astrakhan and the minimum possible draft. PV300VD project is not only Motorship Moscow - Rostov-on-Don. It For the organization of a modern, highly comfortable [ project PV300 ] is reported that the ship will cruises in Siberia, along the and convenient, but also a also have “all the attributes of routes from Krasnoyarsk with safe, environmentally friendly Length: 141.0 М a five-star hotel”, including a the length of up to 2200 km, passenger vessel, fully in Width: 16.6 м supporting passenger line with all the international Hull height: 5.0 м infrastructure. conventions. It will cruise along Draft: 3.2 м For operation on Construction of new the Volga river with its unique Capacity of the main engine: shallow rivers, on cruise 2х1200 kw cruise ships will ecosystem, through the Caspian routes in water areas Propeller-rudder system: Sea to Baku and Derbent, of category “Р” and 2хvrk strengthen Russia’s opening up to the passengers “О” according to the Operational speed: 22.5 km/h image as a country having extensive opportunities for Russian River Register, RR class: M-PR 3.0 (ice 30) А excursion recreation. the PKS-180 project favorable conditions for Existing domestic cruise vessel was developed, cruise vacations ships cannot be operated on which has a capacity of international routes. When up to 180 passengers. In they were designed and the near future it is planned to the A45-90.2 project has been built, the requirements of the build two ships of this series. designed with the passenger international conventions The first will be laid this year at capacity of up to 180 people. SOLAS 74, MARPOL 73/78 the ‘Lotos’ Shipbuilding Plant. The project envisages a steel and others were not met. This A small draft of 1.2 meters, hull with a superstructure does not allow such vessels to height clearance of 8.6 meters made of aluminum alloy and receive international certificates and a flat bottom provide composite materials. confirming the possibility of their safe movement of the ship And this is far from being operation and transportation Motorship along shallow rivers, under a complete list of cruise ships of passengers. That is why [ project А45-90.2 ] bridges, as well as a capability prepared for construction. there are no offers on the to approach an unequipped The USC continues to work market of sea and river cruises Length: 73.4 М shore, which allows the with customers, prepares of previously popular routes Width: 11.6 м expansion of the geography for signature new contracts between the ports in the Black, Hull height: 3.3 м of river cruises not only in the for new cruisers. Despite Azov, Baltic and Caspian Draft: 1.6 м seas. In this case, the lack of proposals exists primarily due The exterior appearance of a А45-90.2 to the lack of ships capable of project motorship carrying out such transfers. On March 28, 2017, a keel- laying ceremony for the cruise liner of project PV300 was held at the ‘Krasnoe Sormovo’ Shipyard (part of the USC) in Nizhny Novgorod. This five-deck cruise liner is designed for 342 passengers, accommodated in comfortable two-passenger cabins with a space of 17 to 30 square meters. The vessel will operate on the long cruise lines Moscow - St. Petersburg,

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the technical readiness of the shipyards to build such vessels and high readiness of design solutions, there is still a number of problems that prevent ship owners from placing more orders for the construction of cruise ships. These are long payback periods, high interest rates on loans and their short term character, and low capital Motorship intensity of shipping companies. [ project PKS180 ] The latter do not have enough of their own money, and the Length: 81.6 М Russian banks do not allocate Width: 13.8 м cheap and long loans for the Draft: 1.2 м construction of the river fleet. Capacity of the main The solving of these propulsion unit: 3х320 кw problems requires consolidation Operational speed: 18 km/h of efforts of federal and regional RR class: О-2.0А authorities, local authorities and economic subjects of water transport involved in the river Wheeled propulsors passenger transportation. To of the PKS 180 project by the Decree of the can only be used to build or motorship fulfill this difficult task, the USC Government of the Russian purchase a new vessel. together with the Ministry of Federation of May 22, The upgrade and extension Industry and Trade of Russia 2008, the Russian transport of these state programs is has developed a program for companies and shipping needed for the development of the implementation of projects companies are granted cruise shipping in Russia. With for preferential leasing of subsidies to reimburse part their help, the construction of passenger ships. In line with the of the costs of paying lease a new cruise fleet will lead to order No. 690 of the Ministry payments under contracts the emergence of new river of Industry and Trade of the concluded with the Russian cruise routes on the rivers of Russian Federation of March leasing companies for the Siberia and the Far East, the 15, 2016 ‘On the volumes purchase of civil vessels. development of passenger and procedures for spending The development by infrastructure in these regions, in 2016 of the federal budget the Ministry of Industry and as well as the revival of funds envisaged to increase the Trade of a fleet disposal previously popular cruise lines authorized capital of the Open program should be mentioned between the ports in the Black Joint Stock Company ‘United separately. It can be and Caspian seas. In addition, Shipbuilding Corporation’, the implemented by providing ship the construction of new cruise USC authorized capital received (shipbuilding) companies with ships will contribute to the directly the financing for the ship grants. A ship grant is a development of the shipbuilding construction of passenger ships one-time payment to a shipping industry and will strengthen with the use of the leasing or a shipbuilding company Russia’s image as a country mechanism. Two cruise ships when the time-warn fleet is having favorable conditions for are already under construction scrapped. The grant, in its turn, cruise vacations. within the framework of this program. For the preparation of the article the following materials were used: The Ministry of Industry Yegorov G.V., Anisimov K.O., Kalugin Y.V. and Trade of Russia has Cruise passenger ‘river – sea’ vessels of the PV–300VD project // Shipbuilding. – 2016. – №2 (56). – p. 20–24. other mechanisms of state Final report on the research project. Development of conceptual projects of the river cruise passenger ships of new generation support for ship owners to for big rivers and water storage basins (for the united deep-water system of the inland waterways Russia) // Maritime Engineering stimulate construction of Bureau. – 2011. Yegorov G.V. civil vessels and maritime Lessons learnt from the European experience of river cruises and its influence on the new generation of domestic passengers // Maritime Bulletin. – 2012. – №3 (43). – p. 23–28. equipment. In accordance Yegorov G.V., Anisimov K.O. ‘Alexander Green’ three-deck cruise vessel of project PV08. The first Russia’s ship of such class since with the rules approved 1959 // Shipbuilding and Repairs. – 2012. – №53. – p. 22–33.

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several berth-connected vessels have maintenance of 182-200 passenger cars. FLOATIN HOTEL been designed. They can serve as centers Such floating parking can be located for catering, security and law and order, in coastal river and lake water areas. LENGTH: 45 м environmental protection, and, again, solve The car service facilities, located on the WIDTH: 22 м the problem of car parking. There is also main deck, are able to additionally serve MAXIMUM DRAFT: 1.8 м a floating stage, equipped with a fountain one car in a car wash and three cars in NUMBER OF CABINS: 50 complex for organizing shows on the water. service boxes. As the material of the hull PASSENGER CAPACITY: 140 PERSONS The main feature of the product line is and superstructures, basic foundations CLEARANCE HEIGHT ABOVE WATER: 15 м the modularity envisaged by its concept: all and reinforcements, the shipbuilding low- projects imply a carrier pontoon, a module alloy steel was adopted. The hull and the with certain overall dimensions. This solution superstructure are welded parts. AQUAPARKING helps to reduce the timeframes LENGTH: 84.6 м and cost of construction, and WIDTH: 20.4 м also extends the modernization MAXIMUM DRAFT: 1.8 м possibilities of the installation. NUMBER OF CABINS: 50 The floating hotel and CAPACITY: UP TO 200 CAR-PLACES aquaparking are relatively easy- CREW: 3 PERSONS to-implement projects, and they SUPPORT STAFF: 25 PEOPLE may become the pilot ones for the implementation of the whole program of berth-connected vessels construction. The floating hotel is designed for year-round operation at river embankments. In accordance with the project design, the electric power and water supply of the hotel is carried out from the shore, the wastewater is transferred to the municipal sewerage network. Stockpiles of drinking water, fuel and oil to ensure the functioning of the hotel for three days are stored onboard. For passengers, various types of rooms are designed. All of them are equipped with sanitary units (a sink, a toilet and a shower). The suites have a toilet room with a bath. In the emergency mode without power supply from the shore, the power supply of the floating hotel is provided by an autonomous diesel generator with a capacity of 180-200 kW. For operation of heating and hot water supply, an autonomous boiler room is Building of floating reduce construction time and reduce costs. located on board the ship. All projects have modernization capabilities The ‘Severnoe Design Bureau’ installations may become that allow the increase or the decrease of presented the floating parking lot project one of the priority ways the vessel, simplification of its design in at the anniversary exhibition ‘Neva-2009’. order to reduce the cost of creation and Elaboration of the aquaparking idea was to solve the problem operation. carried out as a component of the project of the land deficit Creation of a new quality and lifestyle on the creation of the city infrastructure on the water is now widely used in many of floating installations of the service countries of the world, including Russia. industry for the residents and visitors of The ‘aquaparking’ berth-connected The construction of floating installations St.-Petersburg. The problem of parking vessel receives electricity, cold and hot can become one of the priority solutions cars in the city, especially in the so-called water supply from the shore. Wastewater to the problem of land deficit. Prospects green zones, is highly relevant. Therefore, is drained into to the municipal sewerage for the development of this extraordinary the designers proposed, for example, to network. To control and manage all segment of the real estate market are use the coastal part of the Neva water area technical means of the vessel, a central encouraging, and the world progress of to locate berth-connected ships acting as control station is envisaged, which location innovative technologies and construction floating parking lots. is arranged in the hold. materials provides wide opportunities for The vessel is intended for temporary When constructing a series of ships, translating the most daring architectural parking and, if necessary, for minor projects can be easily unified in order to ideas into reality.

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The “N.V. Gogol” steamer, the “patriarch” of the Russian river fleet, has been operating in the vastness of the great Northern Dvina for more than 100 years

paddles against the river surface, attracting a large river transporter of grains, fish, coal Artem Hoshev, its excited observers. There are a lot and timber. Apart from general cargoes, of interesting facts in the history of the the company carried out passenger a public relations specialist of the ‘Zvezdochka’ Shipyard ‘N.V. Gogol’ steamer. Today, it is the transportation. Reequipping their imperfect only Russian vessel of this class, which passenger fleet, the owners ordered is still used on the river routes thanks spacious and comfortable passenger to the attention and care of the Yagra vessels at the ‘Sormovo’ Shipyard in Nizhniy fter the supportive repairs carried shipbuilders. Novgorod. The first steamer, ordered by out at the berth of the ‘Zvezdochka’ The birthplace of this passenger the northerners, was built in 1909 and Shipyard in Severodvinsk, steamboat was Volga. Its customer and named ‘Mikhail Krilichevskiy’. After the A the “memorial” of the Russian owner was the Northern Steamship nationalization it was renamed to ‘Ivan shipbuilding is confidently striking its Company ‘Kotlas-Arkhangelsk-Murman’, Kalyaev’. One year later two more ships

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Unlike other museum ships, the steamer is still operational, and is not going to an everlasting stationing area. On the contrary, it continues to serve in line with its intended purpose

reached 20 “vesrts” (one “versta” is equal to 1.067 km) per hour. In the same year of 1911, ‘N.V. Gogol’ started its first navigation on the Vologda –Arkhangelsk route. After June 1, when the water level fell, it was used for the ‘Ustyug-Kotlas-Arkhangelsk’, and later on - were laid down. Those were the ‘N.V. Gogol’ generators, a steam-operated steer and an for the ‘Kotlas-Arkhangelsk’ lines. and ‘General Kondratenko’ (‘A.I. Zhelyabov). engine telegraph. It is difficult to believe in it ‘N.V. Gogol’ was in great demand, The happiest destiny was in store to the ship now, but the steamer accommodated nearly because it, among other things, had a library named after the author the ‘Dead Souls’. 700 passengers. and a good buffet with a large assortment of The steamers were built in the state- In the spring of 1911 representatives of treats and drinks. Passengers of the first and of-the-art manner of that time. The steam the Northern Steamship Company surveyed second classes used to ring a bell to call for was generated by the two fire-tube wing the ‘N.V. Gogol’ and ‘General Kondratenko’ a waiter or a housemaid to the cabin, could steam boilers, which used the wood-burning. steamers. The work of the Nizhniy Novgorod use bathrooms and bed clothing. And only Working for the side paddle wheels, the main shipbuilders was praised by the customers: the high-income passengers were allowed engine was able to generate the power of the steam generation capacity of the boilers on the upper deck. up to 500 h.p. The ship had its own onboard was sufficient, the steam was kept flatly and Apart from them, there were passengers source of direct current – two steam-electro- easily, the average speed on still waters of the third class and ... deck passengers, who

The ‘N.V. Gogol’ steamer was built in the state-of-the-art manner of that time

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For the ‘Zvezdochka’ day. It was necessary to this 100-year old steamer is a symbol of replenish the reserves high-class workmanship of the Severodvinsk of 1.5-meter birch logs ship repairers and a demonstration of their approximately every high professionalism 200 km. The logs were delivered to the ship on special trolleys, so-called “medvedkas”, stored on deck and then, when the ship was moving, they were dropped through the hatch in the deck into the boiler room. The ‘N.V. Gogol’ would make the distance from Vologda to Arkhangelsk in 82 hours, and the way back, from Arkhangelsk to Vologda, required spent the time of travel sitting on birch tree 115 hours. For the beginning of the 20th participate in the hard events of the Civil War logs stored on the lower deck. For them there century, taking into account all conveniences and intervention in the North. The ship was were two copper containers with boiled water, which were offered to passengers, it was not equipped with armaments and performed heated by the steam. The ‘N.V. Gogol’ steamer bad at all. The steamboat was in navigation special assignments of the revolutionary saw a lot of unusual passengers, i.e. farmers until October 1, and sometimes even longer. command, bringing from the rear to the used to transport cows, horses and pigs. But then the tickets were already sold for a battlefields new fighters, ammunition and food. This “Pets’ corner” was located by the stern higher fee. For wintering the ship stationed in For some time the steamer was used even as and was sheltered. Veliky Ustyug. a hospital ship. The cabins were turned into As fuel, firewood was used, and the In the severe years of the early 20th hospital wards, and the fighters were treated consumption was huge - 40 cubic meters per century the ‘N.V. Gogol’ happened to in them. Some cabins were reequipped for operating rooms. The next test for the already elderly vessel was the Great Patriotic War. All the war years the crew of the steamer worked hard, being constantly “on the watch”. And the ship was one of the best on the Northern Dvina. In 1943 the ship was keeping the ‘Narkomrechflot’ pennant for three months, and five times it appeared on the honor board. In peacetime ‘N.V. Gogol’ came back to its usual work, which was the operation on lines along the Northern Dvina river from Arkhangelsk to Kotlas, carrying passengers and different cargoes. The time passed, and the new passenger class ships appeared on the river. Those were more up-to-date ships of new generations. It seemed that the “patriarch” of the river fleet

36 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 37 The heart of should retire, but trips in the water area of the the steamer is still the steam engine, another u-turn in Northern Dvina river for many installed by the Volga shipbuilders back its life happened. years, making both long trips in 1911 It was not sent for and short voyages in the vicinity the disposal as it of the capital of Pomorye. This was the case for its many other age Zvezdochka’s “floating museum” mates. In 1972 the ‘Zvezhdochka’ regularly receives on board labor machine-building enterprise bought it collectives of the enterprise, for the organization of its employees’ rendering good for the long- recreation. The “veteran” was taken term care. care of in a perfect manner: for ‘N.V. Gogol’ is an important many years its hull was repaired, element of the Pomorye’s communication and navigation attractions, which has become systems were renewed, interior one of the tourist brands in the space was redecorated. ‘N.V. Gogol’ is Arkhangelsk region. It is worth noting that The heart of the steamer is still the steam unlike other museum ships, it is not going engine, installed by the Volga shipbuilders an important element of to an everlasting stationing area. On the back in 1911. One can only admire the the Pomorye’s attractions, contrary, it continues to serve in line with its superb quality of its manufacturing and the intended purpose, performing tourist as well careful treatment of this antique thing by the which has become one as representative functions. It was visited ‘Zvezdochka’ mechanics. Owing to them, the of the tourist brands in by prominent artists, athletes, politicians, propulsion system, which normally deserves diplomats, representatives of European royal a place in a museum, continues to rotate the the Arkhangelsk region families… wheels of the Russian river fleet’s grandfather And the records in the visitors’ book prove in a proper way. Of course, in this half-a-century period that the guests have not been left indifferent The complete absence of plastic when the ‘N.V. Gogol has been under the care to the antique steamer. For sure, the ‘N.V. in the engine room looks unusual to our of the ‘Zvezdochka’, it has been changing. The Gogol’ is the heritage of the whole region of contemporaries. A great number of brass internal space was rearranged, the warn-out Pomorye, but for the ‘Zvezdochka’ this 100- and bronze details help to plunge into the elements of the hull were replaced, present- year old steamer is, first off all, a symbol of past even more. Their engravings and day systems were installed, without which high professionalism of the Severodvinsk ship markings are made in the pre-revolutionary the steamer would not have been allowed repairers. To keep the ship operational is a orthography - with the so-called “yat”, to operate. But this modernization made no difficult, but it is an honorable burden, which “izhitsa” and other “old-regime” letters. harm to the style. In the summer of 2017 the has also a profound ethical meaning. And this Such references to the past accompany steamer became a shooting area of the ‘Road is the reason why, from year to year, and from passengers inside the steamer: from the to Calvary’ film series. And, as the artists of century to century, there is a welcoming whistle fitting boards at the entrance to the deck to the shooting team noted, they needed only a sounded over Northern Dvina, which comes the heraldic stamp of the ‘Sormovo’ shipyard minimum of decorations in order to reproduce from the legend of the Russian river fleet. And on the main steering wheel. Zvezdochka’s the atmosphere of the first chapters of Alexei it is also the reason for the white steamer to ship repair workers treat all this carefully Tolstoi’s novel. get up the steam in May 2018, marking the and preserve the flavor of pre-revolutionary Anyone can feel this atmosphere. beginning of another navigation season and Russia to the extent possible. The steamer has been performing tourist proving to all that the age does not matter!

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The time of riversExposition hall of the 19th century The Museum of the river fleet

at the Volga State University G alina Abayeva,

of Water Transport in Nizhniy Novgorod – Director of the Museum of the river fleet at the Volga State University is the largest Russian collection of artifacts of of Water Transport the milestones of development and upgrade of xcursionists are very much the river transport in our country. The 19th century attracted by the models of is reflected there in the most interesting way from a large flat-bottomed boat, E flat-bottomed sailing vessels, the point of view of cruise shipbuilding capstan, large horse-drawn barge and more recent ships. The museum exposition speaks about the history of developing cargo and towing, technical and auxiliary, passenger and high-speed fleet. Barge hauling, a special theme for the Volga region, is represented here as well. One can see photos, passports, tags of barge haulers and a huge diorama replicating Ilya Repin’s painting “Barge Haulers on the Volga”. Making an exciting trip through the exhibition halls, you can see the invention of the outstanding

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Russian mechanic Ivan Kulibin – a searchlight lantern and a model of the “Waterman”. Here they keep the original objects and documents of this famous resident of Nizhny Novgorod, who is called “the phenomenon of Russian history”. The museum also has a variety of river artifacts: ship whistles, mouthpieces, buoys and other signs that signify the river’s mid-channel. Engravings and paintings decorate and complement the exhibition.

The antidote for Therapist Professor Golubev boredom, and not only expressed his opinion on the On 15 May 1846, the first towing steamer, The second half of the 19th benefits of river voyages in received from Rotterdam and named century witnessed the boost of the the middle of the 20th century. ‘Volga’, was launched on the Volga river. steamship equipment. On 15 May “Nowhere in Europe there is such This event marked the beginning of 1846, the first towing steamer, an expanse and convenience the right steam shipping on the river received from Rotterdam and for river trips as on the Volga named ‘Volga’, was launched and Kama rivers,” he wrote, “so and there were three stripes on steam boat. “High speed, on the Volga river. “This event I consider treatment by river trips the hull – red, white and red again. luxurious interiors, phenomenal marked the beginning of the right as our specific Russian medical By the time of the nationalization spaciousness of all the rooms steam shipping on Volga,” says care. In my opinion, no sea and no of the river fleet in 1918 the ‘Plane’ and long-waited electric light, for the ‘Report on the activities of other travels can compare as such had 42 steamboats built at the the first time on board of a Volga the “On the Volga” society over with travelling on a convenient largest European shipyards steamer, have quickly earned the 50 years of operation’. Doctor river boat; there is no pitching, ‘Cockerill’ in Belgium. the respect of the public…”, Zakharjin wrote the best way to no seasickness, no monotonous, In 1871 Alexander the 2nd wrote the press on the ‘Suvorov’. restore one’s health and nervous depressed and sometimes made a voyage on the Volga In 1914 the ‘Sormovo’ public systems was to sail down along “dragging hearts” view of river on board of the “Alexander company, in line with the order of the Volga river from Rybinsk to the endless sea; there is no dust, the 2nd” and “Empress Maria” the ‘Plane’ managing board, built Astrakhan and back. Passenger rolling and other inconveniences steam boats. In1877 Vasiliy two steamers – ‘Grand Duchess transportation on the Volga river of travelling on horses and Nemirovich-Danchenko, a writer Olga Nikolayevna’ (since 1918 – started in 1854. The water tourism in carriages”. and a traveller, wrote about the trip ‘Volodarskiy’) and ‘Grand Duchess developed pro-actively in the next on the “Alexander the 2nd” steamer: Tatiana Nikolayevna’ (since 1919 – tens of years. Steam boats “From a long distance it looked ‘Spartacus’). ‘Volodarskiy’ and Travelling along rivers and the “Plane” like an elegant marble villa sailing ‘Spartacus’ are the top references for medical treatment and On 30 October 1853 the ‘Plane’ towards us with all its balconies of the steamers, ships with unique prophylactic purposes was partnership was established. and cornices. From every direction destinies, which served to the recommended by doctors and Its main goal was passenger one could see the steamer’s Volga river for around 75 years. increasingly used to improve the transportation only. Its founders glazing, redwood, bronze, ivy, They used to be river passenger health of people. Volga became were Vladimir fon Glazenap, carpets, incrustations, mirror halls, liners, political campaign a huge health resort. In the Volga a retired captain of the Russian etc. All the first and second class steamboats, troop transports. basin there are a number of Navy, and Titular Counsellor passenger cabins were decorated “Each of the steamers was resorts, hundreds of health and Maximilian Behagel fon Adlerskron. luxuriously. There were pianos in luxuriously decorated, equipped vacation centres, children’s camps In 1854 the first passenger route the common room of the “Alexander with all the progressive technical and welfare institutions. Ivan Tver-Rybinsk was opened. It was the 2nd”. There was a library and a devices and one off from the point Pavlov, an outstanding Russian navigated by three steamers – reading room. There were bathtubs, of view services and comfort,” physiologist and a member of ‘Rybinsk’, ‘Yaroslavl’ and ‘Tver’. an excellent kitchen and a buffet.” wrote the ‘Leaflet of Nizhniy the Academy of Sciences, and In 1857 the ‘Plane’ partnership A noticeable event was Novgorod’ newspaper. Many his contemporaries – luminaries expanded its activities up to Kazan, the commissioning of the ‘Field people today recall travelling of the Russian medicine Grigoriy in 1858 – to Perm, in 1859 – to Marshall Suvorov’ in 1882, which on board of these excellent Zakharjin and Sergei Botkin Saratov and in 1861 – to Elatma was built at the ‘Spasskiy Boat ships. Later on, three-deck paid a lot of attention to the rest, along the Oka river. Yard’ under the order of the steamers were used on Volga, change of air and travelling for In mid 1870-ies the company ‘Caucasus and Mercury’ society. and after, four-deck cruise liners the prevention and treatment of already had 37 ships. Their It became well-known as the came out to the river. The new diseases. superstructures were painted pink, speediest, nice and expensive epoch started.

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The Era of Robots

he St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University jointly with the St. Petersburg TResearch and Technical Society of Shipbuilders named The maritime robotics became an integral after A.N. Krylov, a member of part of the shipbuilding industry and one the Academy of Sciences, held a conference on the ‘Marine Robotics of its priority development directions. in the Exploration of the Ocean’ The effective use of robotics helps to provide (‘MarineRobotics-2017’), where the USC acted as the main sponsor. security of maritime communications of the Addressing the participants surface and submarine fleets, conduct full-scale of the conference on behalf of the corporation, Yuri Bykov, a research of the sea bottom, exploration of useful chief expert of the section on the development of suppliers and underwater minerals and many other things coordination of the design and experimentation works, reminded that in line with the decision of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Kirill Rozhdestvenskiy, Russian Federation, an interagency working group on the robotics An Honorable Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the St. Petersburg State Maritime development was established. He Technical University added that the corporation was working actively in this direction,

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i.e.developing a legal basis, provisions, guidance, carrying out research and development, design and experimentation works. Oleg Martynov, a member of the board of the Military- Industrial Commission, stressed that it was no wonder that the first conference devoted t the maritime robotics was being conducted in the North-Western Region of Russia. He added that in 2015, in accordance with the decree The increase of the decision- case of incidents on the offshore information space through the of the President of Russia, the making speed with the use of production platforms, for which it integration of underwater, surface National Center of Robotics was artificial intelligence entails an is necessary to create sea-based and air robotics are visible. established. O.Martynov dwelled increase in the effectiveness robotic rescue equipment. Keeping with the theme, on the main areas of developing of the use of robotics in Today, we witness the Jensh Torsten, a professor this innovative area, having paid conducting reconnaissance, new concepts of gliders and at the Institute of Automation special attention to the issues of situation covering, jamming, hydrobionic structures, having of the University of Rostock, organizing youth competitions and countersabotage and other an extremely long range of spoke about the German ‘SMIS’ olympiads in this area, where the operations. The improvement operation and autonomy, as well project on the underwater technical requirements of industrial in the quality of functioning in a as improving biorobots imitating monitoring with the use of customers and achievements of pre-mapped environment was the movement of sea animals intellectual groups, which is developers should be represented noted, as well as the difficulty and natural mechanisms to aimed at developing a system in an equal manner. of performing missions in the ensure the balance of buoyancy. for the effective study of large Presently, under the tasking absence of a map in the conditions The tendencies to the formation water areas using the “swarm of the Government and with the of stationary and dynamic of hybrid groups of underwater intelligence” technologies, which USC’s active role, an organizing obstacles. robots of various basing, as well combined into a single robotic committee of a competition of The briefer outlined the as to the creation of an integrated system two unmanned vehicles: that kind is being established with prospects for the use of groups of participation of students’ teams, marine robotic complexes for the Ocean monitoring dealing with the development purposes of seismic exploration, through a hybrid intelligent of remotely operated and search and rescue operations, robot group unmanned underwater vehicles patrolling and monitoring of water and unmanned speed boats. The areas, integration of marine competition itself will be held in the robotics and drones with traditional Russian Far East. systems, as well as the need According to Albert Yefimov, to improve navigation assets, the head of the Robotics Centre systems of computer vision, ‘Skolkovo’, a good contest creates energy and onboard computation. more investments than it is spent Director of the Central on its organization. A concrete Research Institute of Robotics example of a well-organized and Engineering Cybernetics “branded” technological contest Alexander Lopota devoted of small submarines driven his report to the prospects of by muscular energy (‘Human- developing marine robotics Powered Submarine Races’) and identified the main areas was mentioned in the briefing by of application of marine William Megill from the Rhein Waal robots, i.e. protection of University of Applied Sciences. marine areas, monitoring The briefing by Vyacheslav of the water environment, Pshihopov from the Research and economic development of the Development Institute of Robotics shelf, geological exploration, and Management Processes of maintenance of underwater the Southern Federal University structures and rescue operations. spoke about the control of One of the main tasks of the individual and group movements industry is to reduce risks and of vehicles. increase safety of personnel in

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the amount of capital investment, currents. According to the authors maintenance costs and leaves of the report, in such conditions a limited period of time, during it is advisable to use unmanned which the schedule works to underwater vehicles that can repair or restore the equipment successfully fulfill many tasks, may be carried out. perform a visual inspection for Representatives of the a long time and upon urgent ‘Gazprom-dobycha-shelf request, detect defects and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk’, Tamaz malfunctions, which is especially Baramidze and Alexander important on the shelf of the Sea Malikov shared their vision of the of Okhotsk where destructive use of unmanned underwater earthquakes may take place. vehicles on the shelf of the Robots in this case might replace Okhotsk and the Arctic Seas. As the equipment, assess damage the authors of the report said, for and predict risks. the ‘Kirinskoye’ gas condensate Another argument in favor field, the ice can stay in the of using unmanned devices is water area from November to associated with the development June. Therefore, it is necessary of robotic weapons and the to check-up the equipment need to prevent the threat of in advance, carry out routine subversive actions. To carry

An underwater glider maintenance, inspect the bottom out mechanical operations and developed by the St. Petersburg State water area and remove debris. ecological monitoring in the Maritime Technical The volume of works water area, unmanned vehicles University in cooperation with the ‘Okeanos’ performed from the board of the should be adapted for the launch Scientific-Production Enterprise of Underwater remote-controlled unmanned from a transport container from Technologies underwater vehicles is huge. This the shore in ice conditions and includes the sea bottom filming, from under the ice. To provide a sea-bottom station and an seismic profile shooting , cleaning automatic planning of missions unmanned aerial vehicle. A good contest of the equipment surface after and independently conduct A unique feature of the creates more fouling, welding, cutting and repairs. diagnostics of their systems, they SMIS fleet is its applicability as At the same time, the authors of the also need to have “intelligence” an intellectual group in vast areas investments than report noted a number of significant, and high-speed communication with the depths down to 6 000 it is spent on its in their opinion, shortcomings of at a distance of no less than 30 meters. The task is implemented organization the remote-controlled devices. The km and endurance of no less than with the use of new group main one is that their application three to five days of work. management algorithms and is possible only from specialized Head of the Underwater advanced communication systems robots of this type. The ‘Manta vessels, the hire rate of which is Video Technology Laboratory between the system agents and Ray’ has a water-filled case. It also reaching 80% from the cost of the of the Institute of Oceanology the underwater sea-bottom station includes pressure-compensated carried works. of the Russian Academy of or a control panel located on a insulated or silicone-like fluid-filled The vehicle cannot be Sciences Boris Rozman spoke research vessel. Theoretical and modules. The vehicle uses a thrust started from the shore, and about a new line of small-size applied aspects of the group use created by controlled deformation while being in a distance, there remote-controlled unmanned of robotics were also touched upon and flapping movements of the are problems associated with underwater vehicles GNOM in other reports. hydrobionic ray-like body. insufficient cable length. This (deep-sea unmanned survey The CEO of the German ‘Manta Ray’ is equipped with hampers visual monitoring of the microrobot). A new impetus company ‘EvoLogics’ Konstantin two engines, controlling the motion actions and spatial position of the in the demand for these light Kebkal spoke about the application of the wing system and two servo- device, and also does not permit weight and superlight devices is of hydrobionic principles for the devices for the implementation to increase its power consumption associated with the appearance movement and maneuvering of of turns. Managing a separate and data transmission capacity. of miniature attached equipment, the ‘Manta Ray’ autonomous “ray” or n entire group of robots is At the same time, the device must in particular, multi-beam sonars, underwater robot, designed carried out via an acoustic channel work inside protective structures gamma spectrometers, modern for automated monitoring, by an autonomous surface device in order to be kept safety. optical sensors, as well as with inspections and information of the ‘Sonobot’ catamaran design. Presence of a cable the use of thin coaxial cables, and support from under water. He Almost all Russian offshore becomes an obvious drawback, the expansion of functionality, also demonstrated the elements fields are located in the waters of especially in the case of shallow including through their combining of the group control of similar the freezing seas. This increases waters and in the case of with surface unmanned vehicles.

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The top model of the line propellers, and it is able to move Automation and Robotics of the ‘MarineRobotics-2017’ is equipped with three powerful around the underwater part of the Madrid Polytechnic University, international conference thrusters and is the most powerful hull. presented by Professor Claudio showed that the development in the class of small-size remote Among the variety of issues Rossi. He talked about the of marine robotics in Russia control devices at working depths discussed at the conference, the REMO robot transformer, able has a positive vector and of down to 300 meters and topical issues of the practical to move as a remote-controlled shows the same trends as in speeds of longitudinal, vertical use of the modern robotic means unmanned underwater vehicle other technically advanced and lateral movement from two to during rescue operations were with the help of propellers and, countries: the use of new four knots. A number of reports also reflected. The briefings by if necessary, turn into a mobile effective group technologies for made at the conference illustrated Andrey Zvyagintsev, a legendary robot-humanoid. robotics control, the integration the possibilities of using marine Russian diving specialist from In addition, he presented of underwater, surface and robots to inspect and diagnose the Maritime Rescue Service a spherical, autonomous and air applications in a single ships, offshore facilities, information robotic underwater pipelines and system, expansion mining equipment. of functionality, This, in particular, integration with modern relates to the presentation sensor systems and of the head of the attached devices, ‘Underwater Robots and intellectualization and Vehicles’ department of application of methods the N.E. Bauman Moscow and means of artificial State Technical University intelligence with the Vadim Veltyshchev, which rapid development was dedicated to the of the means of management of a hybrid communications propulsion complex of an in heterogeneous unmanned underwater environments. Developments of the Madrid Polytechnic University: ANPA UX-1 (left), robot transformer REMO (right) vehicle for the inspection of As was noted vessels’ hulls afloat. in a number of the In carrying out this work, of ‘Rosmorrechflot’, Viktor unmanned UX-1 underwater reports, and particularly, in the the research team was guided Ilyukhin, the chairman of the vehicle designed to investigate report by Vladislav Zanin, a by the regulatory documents Association for the Development the flooded mines, which are representative of the ‘Okeanos’ of the Russian Maritime of Search and Rescue Equipment widespread in Europe (the scientific and production Register of Shipping concerning and Technologies, as well UNEXMIN project with the company, the opportunities to inspection and technical as by Dmitry Vavilov, Vitaly participation of the Technical increase the effectiveness of diagnostics of vessels – thickness Khanychev and Stanislav University from the city of domestic developments are measurements, assessment Chuya, representing the Tampere). The UX-1, equipped associated with the application of the wear rate of the hull and ‘Morinformsystema-Agat’ with propellers, a buoyancy of the principles of modularity the detection of cracks. The Concern, attracted everyone’s change system, LED lights and and multifunctionality, which survey robot, created by the N.E. interest. sonars, has a diameter of 0.6 m will allow the creation in a Bauman Moscow State Technical An example of promotion and can operate at a depth of short time of a wide range of University, is used in such cases. of scientific and educational down to 200 m. affordable and competitive It is equipped with four wheeled aspects of marine robotics was A preliminary analysis marine robotics for domestic propellers and eight rowing the report of the Center for of the materials of the and foreign users. New LINE of the small-size ‘GNOM’ remotely-operated underwater vehicle

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Training of the corporation’s enterprises specialists on the fundamentals of the production system of the JSC ‘USC

programs on introduction of the corporation’s production system, should be at least 5-10% of the total staff. For the purposes of training, game simulators are used, allowing the simulation of the production process in an enterprise and comparison of various options on how to organize production. Activities of students to improve the game production processes are very much welcome. The program of a two-day training is gradually getting support in the way of practical examples, cases from pilot projects implemented by the Department for the development of the production system at three Coping with enterprises - the ‘Almaz’ Central Marine Design Bureau, the ‘Sredne- Nevsky’ and ‘Proletarsky’ Plants. numerous tasks These pilot projects contribute to a significant reduction in losses and overhead costs in the activities of the USC’s Department for the development organizations, which finally leads to a tangible economic effect. In parallel, of the production system organized at there is an ongoing practical testing of the ‘Proletarsky Zavod’ a regular training for various tools of the production system in the conditions of the Russian the corporation employees on the fundamentals shipbuilding. of the production system functioning in The basic training course also assumes the inclusion of theory and conditions of Russia’s shipbuilding practical examples of the effective organization of management and office work based on the tools of the production system. It is planned to form an electronic training course shipbuilding. It forms a creative containing the main materials of the Axelei Novikov, approach to work, focuses full-time course.

project manager, employees on continuous In addition, a competence Department for the development improvements, helps to solve center will be established in of the production system problems at their initial phase, the USC to teach the basics of and also to approach rationally the production system. In the to the organization of labor, beginning of next year, it is planned ince September many as 122 representatives production and management. to develop a specialized course for this year, two-day of design and manufacturing The target audience of the directors of enterprises of the USC workshops are held organizations have been training course is the heads of group and leading specialists of S almost every week trained. units of the USC’s subsidiaries the relevant units. with attendance by 20-25 The basic course and affiliated companies, The most difficult task that must people from various USC introduces students to the their deputies and ordinary be fulfilled in the process of education enterprises. So far those are philosophy of “lean thinking” specialists. It is assumed that is to break stereotypes that have mainly representatives from and practical tools of the by the end of the project, the developed among the students and to St. Petersburg and Vyborg. production system, adapted number of trained employees prove the solvability of many current As of mid-November, as to the conditions of domestic of enterprises, engaged in the problems of the enterprises.

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History of the production systems development, scientific organization Fi rst of Cond ucted in Peo ple of labor all, this training a quick, accessible around the Specifics of the production course gave me an and compact form, world are being systems in conditions of Russia’s shipbuilding idea of the goals the training gave me puzzled with and methods of an idea of the basic the optimization Strategic objectives and key directions for developing and steps that need to of production the USC development, implementing be taken to take activities at their key principles of the production advantage of the enterprises, the production system development system. The obtained production system. and, of course, in the corporation knowledge allows me to analyze, There is an understanding the shipbuilding on the example of leading world now of how to implement Main types of loses companies, the problems that the production system at industry is no emerging in the process I have to deal with in my daily enterprises that produce, exception. of production and work, and to implement the design, trade, provide services, Often, intelligent optimization management production system. To make deal with logistics and ideas are born in the minds of Practical training the training even more effective, construction. I understand not only the management team, by simulators I would recommend the authors how to represent in monetary but also those who work with of the program to gradually add terms the losses that, due to their own hands. I think each Review of the main tools as many examples of successful the insufficient organization of us asks himself questions of the USC production system: implementation of the of the main and auxiliary if he needs knowledge in 5S, mapping of the value production system in domestic processes and management, the field of “lean production” stream, standardized work, shipbuilding. And besides, being are carried by the enterprise or the so-called production single-piece flow, quick a representative of a design on a daily basis. There is system? Does it make sense to changeovers, “pulling” organization, it will be interesting now clarity on the effective be trained for you personally? system of production for me to learn more about the tools for organizing the work Should I send my staff organization, etc. “lean design”. of the staff. members for such training? After all, it’s not a secret that the principles of “lean manufacturing” are applicable Principles of the production system of the JSC ‘USC’ mainly to serial production, such as the automotive one. Ican confidently give a positive answer to all these questions. Of course, in the process of this training, no one will teach youhow to build ships properly ATTENTION ATTENTION or organize a particular to the production to the company’s process, but everyone can, site employees if desired, adapt the acquired knowledge in his mind, applying them in practice and thereby reducing production losses. I hope that in some time Priority in the future, acting all together, we will be able to create to long-term our own Russian production CUSTOMER goals Culture shipbuilding system, which is above all of continuous by its effectiveness will stand improvements next to Toyota’s “lean car manufacturing”.

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Natalia Grigorieva,

chief expert of the USC’ press-service

How to Surprise Columbus This is a certain t was not the first time our For the second time Moscow country hosted the World hosted the festival in 1985. It risk and courage: Festival of Youth and Students. broke the record for the number of you leave the stable IMany people remember participants: 26 000 enterprising the parade in 1957 on the ‘1st and talented - those who wanted land and go to the Meshchanskaya’ street, which to talk about the future and build full unpredictability was later renamed to the ‘Prospekt bridges of friendship, came to Mira’ (‘The Avenue of Peace’). the USSR. After the boycott of of the deck. Each race People do remember the festival’s the 1980 Olympic Games, the is a kind of a remake daisy - the emblem given to the meetings at the festival grounds festival by Moscow. The usual made up a bright and important of the voyage made drawing of the globe, surrounded international event. The young by Columbus. It is by five petalled continents, for the generation chose its horizons first time appeared in Moscow, and was ready to violate the critically important and everyone came to like it prohibitions for the sake of the for yachtsmen to come so much that it became the future. Before the fall of the official emblem of the festival Berlin Wall, there were four more first to the shores for decades. There are legends remaining years. of their “West Indies”, about that festival - it showed And now, 60 years after the that the youth of the whole world first Moscow festival, a completely which is called “finish” have the same ideals, dreams, different youth - the digital goals, and that we can understand generation of the XXI century - each other, even speaking gathered in the Olympic Sochi, different languages. which for a while became a real

46 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 47 youth capital. It was exactly the capital, The racing village of the National in racing at sea - in Sevastopol and as for the guests and participants of Sailing League and the concert site of Vladivostok. And those who are the festival Russia opened the doors the festival were located side by side accustomed to the force of the sea, of its million-strong cities within the on the ground of the Marine Station, caught the wind in the water area of the framework of a large regional program so all those present immediately Moskva River, in a race that was rightly and showed the unique nature, the became guests of the youth festivities referred to as “a lottery”. The composition vastness, scope of the country and, of on the shore and witnessed the of the sailing teams was the strongest! course, its achievements. The festival intense struggle of the best Russian They are winners of World and European of the year 2017 again broke the sportsmen in the water area. regattas. record for the number of participants - The race of the National Sailing The rules of the races allow each more than 35 000. League on yachts of the J70class crew to “chase” with all the 26 rival teams Everyone who came, could be was an initiative of the All-Russian within a single stage, which should have recognized by a smile, fiery eyes and Sailing Federation, which was almost Though some people do excluded the eventuality and put the not believe in the power of the strongest desire to communicate immediately supported by the United amulets, the fact remains: team’s skill and stability at the forefront. the USC team along with bear and carry on a dialogue, and this was Shipbuilding Corporation, which Mishanya, the talisman of However, in sailing, the fortune can smile in the age of digital technologies, social became the general partner of these the festival, came the first to to whoever it wants, and the sportsmen the finish of the race! networks, messengers and likes. This competitions in 2016. lead their yachts to the finish, taming is really something amazing, when The National Sailing League is uncontrollable and unpredictable powers participants from different countries got about the team competitions. This is - wind and waves. To bring the yacht acquainted already in the airport waiting close to shipbuilders, because the first is a special adrenaline, a special room, in the cafes and even in the ships are built by big teams, like- vaccination. Having received it, you, like queues for the registration of the flights minded enthusiastic people. Anton Dumin, a director of Columbus, will dream of a new voyage, a the USC’s department, said at to Sochi. They were radiating a special The National League has a true the balloons launching ceremony: new start ... and, of course, of the victory! “Here, in Sochi, today everything positive energy, they talked about all-Russian scale: the best teams from was happening simultaneously After the seven stages, each team in one place: magnificent sailing their countries, their interests, hobbies, different cities of Russia participate, race of the best sportsmen of came to the grand final of the National studies, work, they all wanted to share and the competitions themselves were Russia and its exciting final, as Sailing League - 2017 for the victory. well as the 10th anniversary of a piece of themselves. In the same held in different cities of our country. the United Shipbuilding Corporation - The USC’s team also was anxious to the leader of domestic shipbuilding conversation one could hear a mix of Those sportsmen, who like rivers and the general partner of the National win as it used to come first three times Sailing League (NSL)” bad English, good French, a familiar more, have acquired a new experience at the stage in Nizhny Novgorod. With Russian, and everyone understood the advent of the participants of the each other. All this happened ahgain World Festival of Youth and Students, in the center of Sochi, where a concert an additional drive was felt in the racing and an unforgettable grand final of the village of the sailing regatta. The youth National Sailing League took place. supported the yachtsmen from their The embankment of the Black Sea on cities, reacted to all the comments of those days sounded in a very cheerful, the live broadcast and, as best as they many-voiced, international and, could, supported the participants from the most importantly, in a non-indifferent shore. Others were watching the picture manner. Yes, two large-scale events - with enthusiasm. It’s unforgettable when the World Festival and the finals of you see how the wind spreads the scarlet Russia’s largest team sailing race – at sail and carries the yacht to the course. the same time, in one place was not a The real festivity was the ceremony coincidence! of skywarding balloons in the honor

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of the decade since the USC’s bit complicated courses, but it was But after the perfect sunny establishment and the 350th at decent speeds. After summing day, rain and strong wind came anniversary of the Russian state up of the preliminary results of the from the sea in the evening. Even shipbuilding. On the occasion of the competition, a guest race was to for experienced yachtsmen those Grand Finals in Sochi, the balloons be held, which was expected by X-Fit team of Vladimir Silkin 40 minutes of the guest race were a at the main NSL regatta of were scarlet. Sportsmen, fans, everyone. For the yachtsmen, for the season-2017 in Sochi serious test. But not a single crew left partners, representatives of the example, it was really interesting the distance, everyone was trying to Sailing Federation, invited guests, get ahead of the rivals. The winner festival participants, fans and just was the team made up primarily of passers-by - all were happy as volunteers of the All-Russian Sailing children, receiving scarlet balls as a Federation. At the awarding ceremony present. the girls were overwhelmed with Director of the All-Russian emotions: to come to the world Sailing Federation Igor Ignatov and festival, to become participants of the USC’s Director of the Information the sailing race for the first time and Technologies Department Anton to come first! Looking at them, it was Dumin spoke in live stream. One of easy to imagine the heart beating the honored guests of the balloons among the crew of the Columbus launch ceremony was the talisman of caravel, when from the observation the federation, the polar bear named tower came the shout “Land ho!”. Mishanya, who came from the very The winners of the guest race were center of the festival life, from the The Festival’s motto: “For peace, awarded medals of the All-Russian Olympic Village. Ekaterina Ivanova, solidarity and social justice, Sailing Federation, all participants a representative of the organizing received memorable prizes from the committee, solemnly presented the we fight against imperialism. Honoring USC. And ahead were the days of the talisman to Igor Ignatov, who, in his our past, we build the future!” festival and the opening ceremony. turn, handed it to the USC team. Our history is full of intersections Though someone does not believe and parallels. At the time when, after a in the power of amulets, but the fact to watch the newcomers, the persistent struggle, the tired but happy remains: the USC team along with pioneers of yachting, because winning teams were stepping on the the talisman of the festival in the next once in the past they also used to pedestal the National Sailing League - The three strongest race came to the finish line first! come onboard for the first time. The teams of the NSL-2017 on 2017, the opening of the festival was the pedestal. The winner of On that day on Saturday, organizers of the competitions were the overall standings was commencing in the Sochi Olympic the team from Yekaterinburg the weather in Sochi showed interested as it has become a good ‘Lord of the Sail – ASIA’ Park. Despite its name, the ‘Large’ its character. The beautiful sun, tradition to invite the dearest guests (S. Musikhin, P. Trofimchuk, Ice Palace could not accommodate D. Tyurikov and M. Korznikov). gentle waves and almost no-wind to such events. Participants of the The second place was all who wanted to attend, and many taken by the ‘NAVIGA TOR conditions did not allow to start the festival waited for this start with a Sailing Team’, the third – by watched the opening of the XIX World the ‘Lord of the Sail – EUROPE’. race on the scheduled time in the special impatience, because the Congratulations on your Festival of Youth and Students in live morning. The wind that later came decision had been already made victory! Fair winds and broadcast. following seas! See you from the sea, allowed a beautiful and, as always, when it is in place, in the new season! “The young generation always race during the day, though in a you cannot wait. introduces innovative ideas into the world, experiments and arguments are intrinsic to you. Create your future, strive to change, make it better. All is in your power, the most important thing is to go straight forward,” said Vladimir Putin, opening the festival. The opening ceremony was, as a mosaic, collected from real stories of people who are changing lives for the better, people who set themselves goals and went forward or helped to realize dreams to others. The delegates of the festival spoke about the goals that have been already achieved during the festival’s events, which took place on several sites simultaneously.

48 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION Vladimir Putin attended the session ‘Youth 2030. The image of the future», where the festival participants from different countries made their presentations on all the areas of the scientific and educational program of the festival

A variety of programs: cultural, sports, scientific, educational and, of course, the discussion one - provided a wide choice. To say that the festival was full of events and meetings means to say nothing. Here one could hear the most famous speakers: General Director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Marko Lambertini, Google’s Foreign Policy Director Doron Avni, The active youth of the whole writer Frederik Begbeder, FIFA At the session ‘Youth 2030. The image world had seven unforgettable General Secretary Fatma Samur, of the future’ Vladimir Putin advised young days for the development and First Deputy Head of the Office communication. One would, of of the President of the Russian people to build only realizable plans for course, agree that if Christopher Federation Sergei Kiriyenko, the future and always think on how they Columbus looked at this whole President of Russia Vladimir Putin. action, he would be extremely For the first time in the will be fulfilled surprised that five and a half framework of the festival an centuries later everything would exhibition of young engineers was change so much that people organized, which was attended by who learned to teleport speech the heads of the Russian regions, and images would leave their members of the Government of continents not for the sake of gold, the Russian Federation, famous but for the sake of communication athletes, musicians, actors, and meetings. And, despite all the journalists, TV presenters, possibilities of the Internet, they university rectors, representatives would discover their friends and of the industrial community and themselves at meetings during youth from all over the world. the World Festival of Youth and “... Honoring our past, we are The issue of science Students in this beautiful city near The USC team at the grand final of NSL-2017 building our future” - this idea from (from left to right): Igor Ignatov, Pavel Mshensky, become the key one on the the Black Sea in Sochi ... Elena Chizhova, Dmitry Sharubin, Anton Dumin the motto of the youth festival is last day of the discussion Where some were lucky close and understandable to those program. The “Youth-2030. The to sail for the first time under the who honor the traditions of the Denis Manturov during the tour image of the future” session, scarlet sails of the USC. Russian fleet, who preserve the of the exhibition got acquainted where the festival participants Photos were provided by the ‘Roscognress’ traditions of Russian shipbuilding. with the exhibits of the USC and from different countries made and All-Russian Sailing Federation Young shipbuilders – engineering told the participants of the festival their presentations on all the experts, physicists, technologists, about the use of innovative thematic areas of the scientific Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian designers, human resources radio-transparent materials in and educational program of Federation Denis Manturov got acquainted with the exhibits of the USC at the exhibition, which was held specialists of the enterprises of the shipbuilding using the example of the festival, was visited by the at the festival in the framework of the scientific and educational program ‘Industries of the Future’ United Shipbuilding Corporation - submarines. Russian President Vladimir Putin. became active participants of the “Industry of the Future” scientific and educational program aimed at shaping the image of the future development of engineering and technologies, creating international and intersectoral expert communities of young professionals. The advanced technologies used in the USC were demonstrated on the example of unique mock-ups as part of the thematic exposition at the stand of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

48 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION The construction of the unique icebreaker at the ‘Admiralty Shipyard’ was headed by Director Boris Klopotov, Chief Engineer Nikolai Pirogov and Chief Constructor and Responsible Commissioner Vladimir Chervyakov

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60 years ago, on December 5, 1957, the ‘Admiralty Plant’ put afloat the ‘Lenin’ nuclear-powered icebreaker – the first world’s civil ship with a nuclear power unit. Construction of the atomic vessels marked the beginning of the new era in the development of the Russian and global shipbuilding

Svetlana Vasilieva,

Editor of the ‘Admiralteyets’ newspaper

he need to create a powerful ship with and entire ship equipment as well as new which made it possible to reduce the labor an unlimited autonomy of navigation methods of labor management. The power intensity of the mold loft and marking and capable of penetrating into any unit had to be compact, powerful, resistant works by 40%. Tarea of the Arctic, existed since to rolling, vibration and shock loads. It In July 1956, the first of the two long ago. But its practical implementation was necessary to ensure protection of the hundred sections of the icebreaker’s hull became real only after the USSR had built team from the harmful effects of radiation was installed at the southern berth of shop the world’s first nuclear power plant and as well. And all these tasks had been No. 8. The official keel-laying ceremony was gained the experience necessary for further successfully fulfilled! held on August 24. The construction works work on the development of nuclear power were quite intensive, and the preparation for units.The project of the new vessel was A one off order the launch was organized in four shifts. The created by joint efforts of the science and “Construction of the nuclear icebreaker at requirements for the quality of works were industry: shipbuilders were led by Chief the ‘Admiralty Plant’ marked a new era not extremely high. Designer of the ‘Central Design Bureau-15’ only in shipbuilding, but also in engineering Honorable Admiralty shipbuilder Vasily Neganov and physicists were headed and national economy as a whole. The Alexander Nikolaevich Voronin recalls that by Anatoly Alexandrov, an outstanding history did not know such powerful all the people, engaged in this unique order, Soviet scientist. The construction of the icebreakers before,” – wrote an honorable treated the icebreaker construction with a unique icebreaker was entrusted to the employee of the plant Moisei Kalmanovich special respect and pride, displayed initiative Admiralty Plant. Together with the Admiralty Glozman, who worked as head of the to increase labor productivity and the pace employees, the whole country participated bureau for technological preparation of the of the ship construction. in the construction of the new vessel, more berth shop production, “And, of course, for For instance, for the processing of than 500 enterprises, scientific organizations us, the plant workers, special pride was stainless steel, a new gas-flux apparatus and design offices performed orders for in the fact that the ship construction was was designed and manufactured, the the ‘Lenin’. assigned to our plant!” application of which quadrupled the Construction of an icebreaker with a Initially, experimental sections were productivity of work when cutting stainless nuclear power unit required introduction of built in order to test technologies. The most steel parts. The hull of the new vessel new technologies, implementation of new complex designs were mocked on a mold was all-welded, which greatly increased solutions in the construction of the hull, loft in full-size. There, for the first time ever, the amount of welding work on the berth: supply and installation of new mechanisms a photo-optical marking was introduced, if all the welding seams of the icebreaker

50 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 51 starting point Icebreaker «lenin» the Russian fleet. At 12:00 the command Lenght: 134 m “Launch is authorized!” sounded. The ship Width: 27.6 m smoothly descended from the berth. Draft: 9.2 м “The jubilation was enormous! We, the Shaft power: youngsters of the berth shop, were standing 44 000 h. p. closer to the Neva river,” says an electric Displacement: welder Vera Fedorovna Yakhnina, a shipyard 17.7 thousand tons veteran, “Holding breath we were waiting Sailing speed: for the command to launch the vessels, 19,7 knots on open water, and then, overwhelmed with happiness, and 2 knots in were shouting ‘Hurray!’ Those were unique conditions of 2 m feelings! After all, the ‘Lenin’ was our thick ice creation as well!” Endurance: 210 days By the Decree of the Presidium of Crew: 150 people the Supreme Council of the USSR dated of May 14, 1960, “... for the successful fulfilling of the Government’s task to build were pulled in one line, it would cover the the ‘Lenin’ nuclear icebreaker and for distance from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok! the merit in the development of the country’s To accelerate the work, it was decided to shipbuilding ...”, the ‘Admiralty Plant’ was introduce automatic and semi-automatic awarded the Order of Lenin. 447 most welding. distinguished workers, engineers and staff To exclude the idle time on the building members of the enterprise received orders berth, the workers initiated the first plant’s and medals. integrated team. Plant’s technologists proposed to improve the technology for Reliability and safety the assembly of foundations for ship On 3 December 1959 the first world’s mechanisms, which saved another two Director Designer nuclear-powered icebreaker was weeks. of the Admiralty Shipbuilding Plant of the Central Design Bureau 15 commissioned and became a part of the Boris Klopotov Vasiliy Neganov The group of the plant’s designers USSR’s operating sea fleet. developed a more advanced (in comparison While choosing the reactor type for the with the original project) launching icebreaker, the most important parameters mechanism, the use of which helped were reliability and safety of the power unit, to save more than one million rubles. stability of its operation. A water-to-water The launching weight of the icebreaker reactor type was selected as corresponding was 10 000 tons, which exceeded the to those requirements. figures of vessels that had been previously Despite the fact that the required thermal launched in the USSR. output was provided by a single unit, the project The launching mechanism developed envisaged three reactors on board the vessel by the plant’s designers was original and - two operational and one reserve, which in light. To reduce the launching weight of the general gave more power to the entire system, vessel and ensure its stability during the and that is so much necessary in extreme ice launching and braking, special pontoons conditions. Each of the three reactors was were used at the bow and stern end of the three and a half times more powerful than icebreaker, which helped to abandon costly the reactor of the world’s first nuclear power capital works on the building berth slipway plant. The shipbuilders managed to build an and on the Neva river. icebreaker with high power supply capacity During the pre-launch works, the The launch was authorized! and autonomy of navigation while having workers of the berth shop made a technical December 5, 1957. Leningrad. It was raining limited main dimensions, which ensured good improvement proposal: to use a small and snowing since the morning. But the maneuverability and passability in virtually any grooving machine instead of chopping the ‘Admiralty Plant’ employees and numerous ice situation. grooves for oil drain on the launch ways with guests who gathered at the southern berth The practical use of the vessel showed chisels. This accelerated and facilitated the paid no attention to the foul weather. At that it was capable of moving continuously preparation for the launch. And there were 11:30 the ceremony began. Director of the in ice of up to two meters thick and of dozens of such initiatives! Admiralty Plant Boris Klopotov, addressing forcing three-to-five meter hummocks by By the end of 1957 the hull of the the audience, stressed the importance raids. As a result of the ‘Lenin’ icebreaker’s nuclear-powered icebreaker was ready, of building the world’s first vessel with a operation, the average speed of the ice the biological protection, nuclear and nuclear power unit, giving life to dozens of channeling for transport ships convoys mechanical units installed. new vessels that would make the pride of tripled, which permitted to open the polar

52 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №4 (33) 2017 I USC I 53 navigation a month and a half earlier than it was customary at that time, and to finish it a month later. Construction of an icebreaker The increased strength of the icebreaker’s hull and the presence of double with a nuclear power unit required sides provided a reliable protection of the reactor compartment even in case of severe introduction of new technologies accidents when colliding with ships on the high seas. Estimating the consequences of a hypothetical collision of the ‘Lenin’ a sauna, a television and a cinema rooms, the ‘Lenin’ conducted the first prolonged icebreaker with an ice-class transport vessel a lounge, a huge library with a reading navigation in the western part of the Arctic, with a displacement of about 11 000 tons room, a photographic laboratory, one- and which subsequently became year-round. showed that even in case of a nose two-bed local cabins with cold and hot A year later the ship made the first high- struck at a right angle to the icebreaker’s water were equipped with air conditioning latitude through-passage on the Northern side, the damage to its hull would not be systems that allowed one to create his own Sea Route from the west to the east. In accompanied by the reactor compartment internal environment in every room, as well 1976 the “first-born child” of the nuclear civil destruction. Due to the small length to as medical rooms, various workshops and a shipbuilding carried out the first experimental width ratio, the ‘Lenin’ icebreaker had good fully electrified kitchen with a bakery. voyage to Cape Harasawei. During maneuverability in the ice. The unsinkability the 40 years of its operation, the ‘Lenin’ of the icebreaker in case of flooding of any Via the Northern Sea Route ice-channelled as many as 3 741 transport two adjacent compartments was provided by The first navigation of the ‘Lenin’ nuclear ships in the Arctic, having travelled more eleven major watertight bulkheads. icebreaker began along the Northern than 654 400 nautical miles, including A state-of-the-art radiation monitoring Sea Route in the spring of 1960. As the 563 600 in ice. Simultaneously, the first civil system was installed on the ship, the air following years of operation of the “first- nuclear-powered ship became, in essence, flow was thrown through the mainmast to born child” of the Soviet nuclear shipbuilding the training and practical base for the a height of 20 meters. Besides, each crew showed, it lived up to all the expectations, preparation of more than 5 000 sailors of the member had an individual pocket-size demonstrating the reliability and safety of the nuclear icebreaking fleet. In 1989 the ship dosimeter. nuclear ships industry. was decommissioned and put on permanent Comfortable conditions for the crew During the navigation of 1961, a stationing in Murmansk. In 2009 a museum members had been crated, including wide high-latitude drifting station ‘SP-10’ was was opened on board of the ‘Lenin’ walkways, a wardroom, a dining room, launched from the icebreaker. In 1970 icebreaker.

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A sign of memory On 7 November, on the day of the 100th Svetlana Vasilieva, anniversary of the October Revolution, editor of the ‘Admiralteets’ a memorial sign was installed at newspaper the ‘Admiralty Shipyards’, devoted to the Russian shipbuilders who performed their professional duties in the years of the Revolution and devastating Civil War

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he solemn event, organized by the initiative of the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Russian T Historical Society, was attended by the USC President Alexei Rakhmanov, chairman of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding of events related to the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution in Russia, Rector of the MGIMO University Anatoly Torkunov, Director of the Russian State Archive of the Navy Valentin Smirnov, People’s Artist of Russia Mikhail Boyarskiy, Chairman of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement Mikhail Nenashev and a hereditary shipbuilding engineer, the grandson of the last chief of the main shipbuilding department of the Russian Imperial Navy Mikhail Girs.

And more than a century lasts ... the life The ceremony gathered several hundred participants in a square near the shipyard’s monuments of glory. As meteorologists noted in the morning, the weather on that day was almost similar to the one that was in Petrograd 100 years ago. To the left was a clear silhouette of the building of the Alexei Rakhmanov, “Exactly one hundred of our country and had radically changed hull-processing shop, where the leader of years ago, the ‘Aurora’ cruiser departed from the whole world,” underscored Anatoly the world proletariat spoke in 1917, to the here, from the outfitting wall of the plant, and Torkunov, the chairman of the organizing right one could see the bridge cranes of that signaled the beginning of the uprising ... committee for the preparation and holding the outbuilding embankment, from where Today, a century after those revolutionary of events related to the 100th anniversary the legendary ‘Aurora’ left to assault the events, we must pay tribute to all those who, of the 1917 revolution in Russia. Quoting Winter Palace... despite all the splits and disagreements, had the words of the Chairman of the Russian Mayakovsky’s immortal poem “Ode to remained committed to one major goal - the Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin, he the Revolution” sounded at the beginning of construction of the fleet of the strong country. stressed that the revolution is not only the ceremony by Honorable Artist of Russia And this is the most important thing for us!” “the great revolutionary leaders and their Galina Bokashevskaya. “The historical The head of the USC read out the opponents, but the entire Russian people, upheavals of the beginning of the twentieth greetings of the Minister of Industry and people who continued their daily work, century split the society, turned the lives Trade of the Russian Federation Denis saved professional and family traditions.” of people, among which there were tens Manturov to the participants of the event: One of the brightest examples of such of thousands of designers, engineers and “Today, on the day of the 100th anniversary traditions was learned from the speech workers who dedicated themselves to the of the 1917 revolution, we recall our of the hereditary shipbuilding engineer Russian shipbuilding,” read out Vladimir predecessors. Those, who worked in the Mikhail Girs. His grandfather, a brilliant Putin’s greetings Sergey Novikov, the industry in the tragic Russia’s revolutionary specialist, a perfect seaman, commander head of the Public Projects Department of days. I am convinced that they performed of several warships, Vice Admiral Vladimir the Office of the President of the Russian heroically, and it deserves our grateful Konstantinovich Girs, was appointed Federation. “We pay a great tribute to those memory. The shipbuilding industry has head of the shipbuilding department of the who, after the hardest challenges, revived always occupied a special niche in the Russian Imperial Navy in 1915. With good the fleet, restored the shipyards and built defense-industrial complex of Russia. I am faith and fidelity he served the Motherland new ships. I am confident that the glorious sure that in the future it will increase its before and after the revolution. And in deeds of your predecessors, their dedication inexhaustible potential!” October 1918 he, along with 42 senior to their work will always be a vivid example naval officers, was tied up in pairs with for present and future generations of In line with barbed wire, taken out on a “chukhonka” Russian shipbuilders.” the shipbuilders’ traditions barge to the Gulf of Finland and sunk near “We could not gather today in any “Today is a special day in the history of Kronstadt. other place, except here, at the ‘Admiralty our Motherland, a 100-year anniversary But his children and grandchildren did Shipyards’, the oldest USC enterprise,” said of the event which had changed the life not change the family profession. His son

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Igor Vladimirovich was a famous “For me, November 7 is engineer-shipbuilder, a specialist a much bigger holiday than in the field of hydrodynamics. the Day of National Unity. We Grandson Michael Girs also became and our children grew up on a shipbuilder. Being a designer, a what is now called ideology,” hydronaut who commissioned the admitted a veteran of labor, ‘Tinro-2’ underwater vehicle at the an honorable ‘Admiralty’ ‘Admiralty Shipyards’, he had sailed employee Tamara Musatova, for 30 years in various seas and “And it’s very pleasant that oceans ... our native shipyards follow “I believe that the opening of the We pay a great tribute the traditions, do not forget the veterans. It is commemorative sign at the ‘Admiralty wonderful that on the day of the centennial Shipyards’ is a very symbolic event,” said to those who, after anniversary of the October Revolution, a Mikhail Girs, “There were many repressed the hardest challenges, new monument to shipbuilders was opened shipbuilders who worked at the plant at a on site. It is a sign of respect and a reminder certain point in history. And this sign stands revived the fleet, restored to the young people about the important in the very right place”. the shipyards and built matter that they have chosen as their profession”. Ode to the man of labor new ships “During the probation period, being “I am a resident of St. Petersburg in several yet a student of the Higher School of generations, my relatives passed through The museum of the history of shipyards Economics, I was struck by the power the Revolution, and the Civil and the Great has evidence that already in 1919 the and scale of the enterprise that I came to Patriotic War,” stressed Mikhail Boyarskiy, ‘Admiralty Plant’ was fulfilling more than work at,” said Maria Fisun, the planning People’s Artist of Russia, “The Revolution 300 different orders: building and repairing economist and a member of the youth divided people into two camps, having ships for the Onega, Chudskaya, Volga council of the shipyards, sharing her become a real tragedy for many ... but this and Severodvinsk flotillas, manufacturing emotions, “The fact that the monument is an optimistic tragedy. Shipbuilding has mine barriers for the Baltic Fleet, producing to shipbuilders was open today at our always been the core of the industry of St. tens of thousands of illuminating projectiles, plant, and especially on such a significant Petersburg. Our people, our country have grenades and fuses... As history shows, day for the country, is a big honor and always been proud of your work. You have overcoming difficulties is not only hardens responsibility for the shipyards. I am always been and, I am sure, will be the first!” people, but also trains labor collectives. from a military family myself, I take part “For me, the symbol of the Revolution We are proud that this symbolic stone in in the work of a club dealing with the is not the shot of ‘Aurora’, but primarily memory of our predecessors - shipbuilders, historical reconstruction, and the events a man of labor,” said Mikhail Nenashev, who worked in the plants during the difficult of October 1917 are also interesting to chairman of the All-Russian Fleet Support years of the Revolution and the Civil War, is me ... I noticed the feelings of reverence Movement, “Today, we do not need a new being laid at the ‘Admiralty Shipyards’.” and pride of the representatives of elder revolution, we need a respect for a human “Of course, I welcome the opening of generations when they were laying being. And the opening of a memorable this memorable sign. And it is absolutely the flowers to the footing of the new sign to shipbuilders clearly confirms that natural that it was installed at the ‘Admiralty monument. Those are real ‘Admiralty’ we remember the history not on a case-by- Shipyards’, the oldest shipbuilding plant in people, devoted to the plant and the case principle, but that we pay tribute to the Russia,” said Vladimir Aleksandrov, a Hero shipbuilder’s profession, the best people who fulfilled their professional duties of Russia, a professor at the St. Petersburg examples we need to follow!” even in those hard years”. State Maritime Technical University, a member of the USC’s Council of Elders, * * * History in the present day “The work of shipbuilders at all times The honorary right to remove a white “Shipbuilders have always been part of was heavy, and during the years of the cloth from the granite stone was given to the most active representatives of St. Revolution and the Civil War especially. It the USC President Alexei Rakhmanov and Petersburg’s workers,” said Director is very important that the leadership of the hereditary shipbuilding engineer Michael General of the ‘Admiralty Shipyards’ USC took the initiative to pay tribute to our Girs. Just a minute later, to the sounds of Alexander Buzakov, “It is symbolic that predecessors. At the same time, I am sure the “Varshavianka”, people were laying to it was in our shipyards as early as 1905 that this event is no less relevant for the the new historical monument of the oldest that the first metalworkers’ union in Russia young people, the opening of such a mark Russian shipyard bunches of roses and was born. The ‘Admiralty’ employees gives impetus to the comprehension of dozens of red carnations - the symbol of participated in the Civil War, defending the historical events and the choice of the right the revolution. “We are raising proudly and gains of the Revolution. But even in the landmarks in life. As history shows, violence courageously the banner of fight for the most difficult revolutionary and war years and dictatorship are not always more workers’ cause!” And we respectfully pay the workers did not let the plant close and effective than convincing and developing tribute to the memory our predecessors. To continued to work. strategic programs.” the shipbuilders of 1917...

56 I USC I №4 (33) 2017 MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION THE GAS-TURBINE PRODUCTION OF THE ‘KRONSTADT MARINE PLANT’ MARKS ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY!

AS MANY AS 182 PIECES OF THE DR59L DRIVE OVER 360 SHIP GAS-TURBINE MOTORS AND GPA-10D BLOCKS HAVE BEEN ENGINES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED REPAIRED FOR THE ‘GAZPROM’ JSC AND FOR THE NAVY ENTERPRISES OF THE ENERGY COMPLEX NUTRIENT CONDENSATE-BOOSTER TURBO-PUMP UNIT [ PKBT-230R ]

Used in the propulsion machinery of the ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ heavy aircraft carrying cruiser