The Government of the Republic of Karelia represented by the Head of the Republic Artur Parfenchikov and LLC “Onego Shipyard" signed an agreement on cooperation in Petrozavodsk on February 2, 2018. On behalf of the Onego Shipyard the document has been signed by the plant’s director, Vladimir Maizus. A solemn ceremony also involved FSUE “Rosmorport” Acting Deputy General Director for the Fleet Ilya Aleksandrov.

The agreement envisages expanding cooperation to develop and ensure the effectiveness of the work of the shipyard of Karelia and enter new market outlets.

The agreement also envisions measures to jointly resolve priority problems in the sphere of the social and economic development of Karelia, to strengthen the republic’s economic and industrial potential and to implement investment projects and programs.

During the meeting, the participants discussed prospects for expanding the vessel type list and modernizing production in compliance with the requirements of the market.

Artur Parfenchikov expressed gratitude to FSUE “Rosmorport” thanks to which the Onego Shipyard resumed its activities in 2015. The plant develops dynamically: the staff has been manned, the mid-term production plan has been determined and the product portfolio has been formed.

In his speech the head of the Republic of Karelia stated that the restoration of the plant on the Onega River banks will facilitate the development of the sector and the expansion of the fleet by modern vessels. The plant’s restoration has big importance for the development of the economic potential of the region, he said.

Vladimir Maizus noted that the plant set the challenge to create the first digital shipyard. This will allow for building state-of-the-art vessels.

The digital shipyard is a correct combination of business approaches, practices and technical instruments. The comprehensive approach will allow for increasing control and operational discipline, reduce the terms of the construction and achieve a general reduction in costs.

The use of production advanced technology and the advantageous geographical location will allow the new shipyard to compete for a market of inland vessels in the basins of the Neva River, the Volga River, the Kama River, the Moskva River, the Don River, the Onega Lake and the Ladoga Lake.

Upon completion of the ceremony the FSUE “Rosmorport” acting deputy general director for the fleet held a working meeting with the management of the Onego Shipyard to focus on prospects for modernizing the plant under the implementation of the concept “The Digital Shipyard”.

Ilya Aleksandrov also assessed the shipyard’s production capacities and inspected the construction of vessels for the needs of FSUE “Rosmorport”. He also studied plans for building a secondary bay to the existing block shops.