Russia’s Zaliv Shipyard Set To Be Upgraded

Russia's Zaliv Shipyard Set To Be Upgraded
Aerial picture of Zaliv shipyard. Credit: Zaliv Shipyard
The Kerch-based Zaliv Shipyard, which constructs the newest Project 23900 landing helicopter dock (LHD), will be upgraded, Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation Director General Renat Mistakhov told the TASS news agency.
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By TASS Russian news agency

“[We have designed] a roadmap, which covers all aspects of the shipyard manufacturing facilities’ reparation for modernization. [We have drafted] a list of equipment required for the upgrade of the enterprise and its capacities to maintain timely implementation of orders.”

Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation Director General Renat Mistakhov

According to him, the steel-cutting capabilities of the shipyards will be dramatically reinforced, once the modernization processes are finished.

“[The shipyard’s] plan for 2020-2027 with short-, medium-, and long-term works has been shaped.”

Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation Director General Renat Mistakhov

Production facilities of Shipyard «Zaliv» include:

  • a graving dock, providing for construction of vessels up to 340 m long, 54 m beam and launching weight up to 50000 t;
  • two horizontal building berths, 400 m long each, providing for construction of vessels up to 120 m long, 22 m
    beam and launching weight up to 2500 t for launching by a side launch;
  • two deep water outfitting quays, 278 m and 240 m long respectively with two cranes 32 t capacity and one crane 50 t capacity;
  • a quay, 186 m long for unloading of metal with a crane, 80 t capacity;
  • all facilities, necessary for ships construction and repair;
  • warehouses to store materials, equipment and fuels; a port, providing for handling of general cargoes and a customs entry point for ships;
  • bonded warehouse and point of inspection for trucks transporting goods from abroad.

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