Defense-oriented Zvezdochka Shipyard held, on Dec 20th, a keel-laying ceremony for new Project 20183 sea-going transport vessel “Academic Alexandrov”. The vessel, developed by the Saint-Petersburg-based Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, will be built for the Russian Navy. This is the third ship of this class that is going to be built at Zvezdochka Shipyard. According [...]
JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center delivered Project 12411T small-size gunnery ship MAK-160 to Caspian Flotilla (CF), reports PortNews. The ship has passed complete repair and modernization at Zvezdochka‘s affiliate company in Astrakhan. The ship obtained two new propulsion engines, upgraded gas turbines, new artillery armament, communication and navigation systems. MAK-160 joined Caspian Flotilla in 1988 [...]
![Russian Zvezdochka Shipyard and Wartsila to Sign Joint Venture Agreement]()
Russian Zvezdochka Shipyard and Finland’s Wartsila are intending to sign a joint venture agreement in February-March 2012. Relying on its propeller production, Zvezdochka Shipyard will establish a center of propulsion systems manufacturing. The center will combine the production capabilities of the Severodvinsk shipyard and its affiliates Design Bureau “Screw” and pilot plant “Vega”. Zvezdochka Shipyard [...]
The keel-laying ceremony for Project 20180TV, seagoing armament support ship Akademik Kovalev, took place at JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center on Dec 19. The ship was named after Sergei N. Kovalev, famous designer of nuclear-powered submarines. The ceremony was attended by Russian Navy Deputy Commander Admiral A.A. Tatarinov, Director General of JSC Zvezdochka V.S. Nikitin, [...]
![Zvezdochka Shipyard Signs Protocol on Supply of Spare Parts with Vietnam’s Navy]()
Following negotiations held in Vietnam on April 18-20, Zvezdochka Shipyard and the Navy of Vietnam signed the protocol on supply of spare… (PortNews) Source: PortNews, April 26, 2011;
