RESEARCH MARINE WAY A POOL FOR FISHING OF DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPLIERS The restoration of the Russian The potential of growth of transnational The attractiveness of shipbuilding scientific fleet for the research transit transportation between industry localization and consequent catch of the European ports and the ports in Russian for foreign ocean bioresources p. 20 of the Pacific region p. 38 partners p. 33 INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR THE SPIEF-2018 FEATURE ONE THE NATURE UNIFYING THE WORLD strength and power at sea tock S hutter S Contents InformatIon bulletIn SPIef-2018 D. Manturov / page 02 Shipbuilding is the Key Industry Course for Cooperation / page 03 USC’s President Alexey Rakhmanov on importance of international cooperation in shipbuilding in the fairway of the eConoMiC foruM / page 05 Participants of the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum will discuss the effective use of oceanic resources sCienCe anD teChnology of the oCeaniC fishing / page 08 About history of biological resources development: USSR and Russian Federation w aterway / page 14 Deputy Minister of Transportation of the Russian Federation – Head of the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport Viktor Olerskiy on the development of inland waterways a neeD to unify efforts / page 20 Why does mankind need a program of experimental research in the World Ocean v. ruksha / page 24 The Arctic – Area of Increased Interest on the Banks of neva / page 25 International exhibition and conference on commercial shipbuilding, navigation, port activities, ocean and shelf exploration a JoB for a roBot / page 28 The head of section in the USC’s administrative office Andrei Dobrokhotov on the marine robotics s. frank / page 32 Arctic cooperation CoMe to russia! / page 33 The attractiveness of production localization in Russia for foreign partners northern route towarDs east / page 38 The Northern Sea Route: its special role in the economic addreSS: 115184, moScow, bolShaya tatarSkaya, bld. 11. JSc uSc’S PreSIdent alexey rakhmanov. life of present-day Russia www.aoosk.ru chIef edItor: alIya karImova. executIve edItor: marIa arSenyeva. deSIgn and makeuP: ‘klImov deSIgn StudIa’. tel.:+7 (499) 740-60-18. www.klImov-deSIgn.ru Countries’ geography / page 40 the vIewS of the authorS may dIffer from the PoSItIon of the edItorIal Staff. the front cover: from www.dePoSItPhotoS.com Of global shipbuilding market Denis Manturov, key Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Industry The past several years have seen the increase in the production levels and enterprises’ revenues and we hope that this positive trend will persist. Russia’s shipbuilding industry The calculations show that one person employed incorporates 180 enterprises employing in the shipbuilding sector creates jobs for 4-5 people in allied sectors; therefore, Russia’s shipbuilding exerts a significant a total of about 200,000 people influence on Russia’s economy, spurring the industry’s growth in general and facilitating the introduction of new technologies. Our shipwrights rank among global leaders in the production of hi-tech unique vessels designed for the development of hydrocarbon reserves in the continental shelf of the freezing seas of the Arctic and Far Eastern regions, transport support, field research and state monitoring of the continental shelf of the Arctic region”. 2 I Informational bulletin Informational bulletin I 3 COURSe OF COOPeRATION Today’s world needs political, economic and cultural balance, and international cooperation has always been the best way to achieve it Alexey Rakhmanov, President of JSC USC urope continues to be one of Russia’s key strategic partners, again. Over 10 billion tons are transported by sea a year, including in the field of shipbuilding. Let ‘s turn to history: which, according to estimates, amounts to 80-90% of global e Germany (then the GDR, which was part of the CMEA) built freight traffic. There is also growing interest in the construction passenger ships for the Soviet Union for half a century. And many of of new facilities on water. We see growing attention to them still sail along the Russian rivers. I think it’s difficult to find such the Northern Sea Route and to the Arctic, where the rapid a precedent in the history of shipbuilding. Russia also cooperated melting of ice affects climate change, which poses a new with Poland, Bulgaria, and a number of other European countries. serious challenge for mankind. Nowadays, we continue to be partners and want to develop contacts Russia has advanced experience of working in the Arctic, in civil shipbuilding. and modern realities require us to develop closer industrial The example is the construction of reinforced ice-class vessels cooperation both within the framework of the Eurasian at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard based in Helsinki and owned by USC. Economic Union and on bilateral basis. Our peoples are united The Finnish shipyard’s experience in the construction of cruise liners by both scientific traditions and similar production culture, is becoming increasingly in demand. which, in my opinion, are a competitive advantage. Sufficient In May, USC is to participate in the St. Petersburg International science and technology base allows us to develop knowledge- Economic Forum, where a large panel discussion on the economy intensive industries and look forward optimistically. of the World Ocean is planned. And shipbuilding will be one of its I’d like to note here an important point that opens main topics. It would also be useful to discuss with our partners interesting opportunities for shipowners and shipbuilders and issues related to the productive and mutually beneficial cooperation can have a strong impact on industrial subcontracting and between Russia, Europe and Asia, as the once popular concept cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). In of a single economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok still has December 2017, the Russian government approved the draft its adherents. EEU agreement on navigation. Previously, it was considered Analysis of the global economic situation suggests that a rapid jointly with the Armenian, Belarusian, Kazakh and Kyrgyz sides. restructuring of markets is underway, the leaders are changing and This document determines the procedure for the navigation new players are coming. There are many promising areas in the of vessels along the inland waterways of the EEU states. It Eurasian economic space and their development is needed precisely regulates the transportation of goods and passengers, transit at the turning times for the economy. And shipbuilding here is one of passage of ships, bilateral transportation and much more. An the key segments. important aspect of the agreement is that each of the Member Most areas of human activity might well be considered through States will grant the vessels sailing under the flag of other the prism of shipbuilding: international politics, security, ecology, Union countries the same rights as their own vessels. and even the problem of narrowing the gap between the rich and This is especially important because, for example, the poor. After all, the coastal territories remain the most densely the Caspian region becomes the sphere of our joint interest. populated areas in the world. A third of the world’s population lives in The completion of the Trans-Iranian railroad will provide us the coastal zone, and about 12% are engaged in activities related to with the prospects of rapid cargo deliveries along the South- the sea. And it is quite natural that changes occur in this area faster North corridor and, when Kazakhstan completes a railway from than in many others. China to the Caspian coast, the volume of cargo transportation The volume of transportation by water has started to increase on Russia’s inland waterways, along the Volga River will currently throughout the world and competition in the construction of increase. USC, for its part, seeks to strengthen cooperation giant tankers and bulk carriers has begun. This became profitable ties with its Kazakh counterparts. So, a project on joint 2 I Informational bulletin Informational bulletin I 3 management of a shipyard near the village of Kuryk, Mangistau According to the Ministry of Transportation, passenger traffic region is being discussed. USC’s experience might be helpful in of Russian river transport enterprises amounted to 525 million the field of personnel training and certification. We are also ready passenger-kilometers in 2016, which is 6.7% higher than in to transfer technology solutions to our partners in the Eurasian the previous year (492 million in 2015). Maritime freight traffic was Economic Union and implement our proven management systems: 120% of the 2015 figure, passenger traffic – 122.8%. Figures for lean manufacturing techniques, project management systems at 2017 also show growth. Given that demand for cruise tourism is enterprises, and a number of others. increasing, we at USC have already made the first approach to I’d like to note that USC’s international contacts have been the renewal of the cruise fleet. Project PV-300 ships are being steadily expanding lately. For example, we have a good built at our shipyards. We are beginning to build cruise ships of yet another type, the Golden Ring. Today, USC is on a steady trajectory of 9 ships civilian fleet development. As to statistics over were the past ten years (the corporation celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017), the number commissioned of ships built at the USC shipyards will be in 2017. about 120 units. From 2014 to 2017 alone, our shipyards delivered to customers fifty two civilian vessels and pieces of marine in 2018, equipment totaling 89.32 billion rubles. we are planning The figure for 2017 is nine vessels worth to commission 37.39 billion rubles. This year we are going to increase the delivery program to nineteen ships. Currently, our shipyards are 19 ships carrying out contracts for the construction of Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between USC and Cochin Shipyard Limited sixty-four ships.