“Russian Transport Fleet: New Projects, New Technologies”

Discussion topics:

- Internal demand for revitalising the trading fleet and state support mechanisms for the fleet revitalisation programme. Business Legislative Initiatives

- Long-term financing sources to develop innovative and investment programmes
- Investment projects to create new and update existing shipbuilding plants. Development of shipbuilding capacities in the Far East, Northwest, Caspian region and Crimea
- Increasing the participation of the Russian trading fleet in export-import freight flow and company construction plans in Russia of the freight fleet
- Interaction between shipping companies and domestic shipbuilding: experience, development, practical solutions
- Tanker fleet. Priorities in shipbuilding for the Russian oil and gas complex. State protectionism vs exporters interests. Competitiveness with foreign shipyards. How to escape payback?
- Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex - Russia’s supershipyard. The experience of filling the first orders and plans for the future
- Container fleet. Outlook for building a container ship fleet to develop national container lines and the NSR
- Bulk carrier fleet. Revitalizing the dry-cargo fleet. Additional stimulating measures for building a fleet to transport AIC products
- Russian ferries. Development of passenger and freight ferry lines as a component of the transport connection of RF regions. Marine railway ferry lines
- Ship repair. New fleet or updating the old? Ship repair market: price, schedules, quality, state support and interrelationships with equipment manufacturers