News and Announcements
Construction of small-sized vessels made of aluminum will begin in Primorsky Territory by summer
January 18 2022 The company “Electrotechnical Corporation” (LLC “ElKor”) is implementing an investment project to organize the production of small-sized vessels made of aluminum and modular block hulls for boiler houses, substations and generators. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East. The project worth […]
“Russian Railways” Plans to Invest 23.5 Billion Rubles in Infrastructure Development in Primorsky Territory in 2022-2025
January 17 2022 The section “Amursky Bay – Nakhodka” alone, after the completion of work, will increase capacity from 62 to 72 pairs of trains a day. Russian Railways will continue to modernize the railway infrastructure in the Primorsky Territory. For 2022-2024, they plan to invest 23.5 billion rubles in the implementation of projects to […]
“Uralmashzavod” will supply “Zvezda” shipyard with protective tanks for the “Leader” icebreaker
January 12 2022 PJSC “Uralmashzavod”, part of the ”UZTM-Karteks” group is starting to manufacture metal-water protective tanks for the Project 10510 “Leader” nuclear icebreaker. According to the company information release of January 11, a contract for the manufacture of protective metal structures worth 5.76 billion rubles was signed at the end of December by Sergey […]
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Maritime State University is convening international conference: “The Problems of Economics and Security in NEA: History and Future Challenges” on December 22, 2021.
Information letter of the conference.
China’s Investments in Foreign Seaport Terminals
Iurii V. Vedernikov
Naval Engineer,
Senior Researcher,
Museum of Russian Submarine History (St. Petersburg)
The article examines the implemented projects and perspective investments of the PRC in seaport terminals in the countries of the world, including in Eastern Europe, analyzing the information in the context of the implementation of the Chinese geo-economic strategy “One Belt – One Road”. The information is summarized by the main geographical areas (Indian Ocean, South Pacific, Arctic, Black and Baltic Seas) in conjunction with land (continental) transport communications. The work synchronizes the research of Russian and foreign scholars, contains summary data on the topic as of the beginning of 2021. Read article >>>
Maritime State University and Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC NEA) organize a round table to discuss topical issues in the Northeast Asia with a focus on the Korean Peninsula on August 13. More details >>>
ARTICLES IN THE UPCOMING ISSUE:
THE PENINSULA STANDSTILL: WILL THE PANDEMIC OPEN THE DOOR OUT?
Sergei M. Smirnov, PhD
“…When the thesis about the COVID-19 pandemic as some kind of existential threat to
humankind became a dogma almost equal to the Tablets of Moses on Mount Sinai, other
problems forcefully faded into the background. However, these problems have not gone away,
they are completely real, objective and dangerous. In particular, it is the threat of a full-scale
armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula with many millions of potential victims…”
INVITATION TO DISCUSSION:
Article by Felix A.Shamrai, Director of Arctic Center St.Petersburg State Marine Technical University: The Northern Sea Transit Corridor As the Future of Russia in Global Logistics
How to reduce the cost of container shipping by 25% and compete with the Suez Canal by developing the domestic Arctic routes. https://marinejournal.info/?p=292
ARTICLES IN THE UPCOMING ISSUE:
Aleksandr A. Lentarev COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS AND ASSESSORS INVOLVED IN SEAFARERS TRAINING
Aleksandr R. Melnikov, Marina A. Melnikova, Elizaveta Yu. Baranova NORTHERN SEA ROUTE: AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT CORRIDOR OR A ZONE FOR EXPORT OF RUSSIAN NATURAL RESOURCES?
Felix A. Shamrai THE NORTHERN SEA TRANSIT CORRIDOR AS THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA IN GLOBAL STATISTICS
Aleksandr A. Savelyev RESULTS OF STUDIES OF ECOLOGICAL STATE OF WATERS AND SEA BOTTOM SOILS IN THE AMUR ESTUARY
Aleksei Yu. Strelkov TEACHING MARITIME ENGLISH DURING COVID-19 PANDEMICS
Anna K. Voronenko SPECIFICS AND MAIN TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE PORTS OF RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Mikhail A. Danchenkov THE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN RESEARCH VESSELS. Part 2.
Mikhail V. Kholosha, Sergei M.Smirnov THE MISSION OF RUSSIA IN CREATING NEA INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS NETWORK
Dmitry S. Kopyev ON THE ASPECTS OF INCREASING THE COMPETITIVE CAPACITIES OF CONTAINER SERVICE VIA TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
Boris I. Tkachenko TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. SCARBOROUGH REEF