MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is planning to deliver 28 civilian vessels to clients in 2023, USC head Alexei Rakhmanov told Interfax ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
"We have delivered eight vessels since the beginning of 2023. We are due to deliver about another 20 ones to civilian clients by the end of this year. The average number of ships commissioned per year is 19 to 20, and it will grow to 28 or so this year, including due to delays from last year," Rakhmanov said. The number does not include 52 boats the USC is scheduled to deliver to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry by the year's end, he said.
"This includes large vessels, such as the Pyotr Veliky cruise liner (hopefully, the acceptance certificate will be signed by the end of this year, as it's almost ready), and small boats, such as Kotlin-class catamarans, Kometa-type vessels under construction at the More Shipyard, a floating crane that's being built in Sevastopol, and many others," Rakhmanov said.
Regarding the number of fishing vessels which the USC is planning to commission this year, Rakhmanov said that three fishing boats and one crab harvester had been supplied to clients in 2023. "Overall, we will commission nine ships this year. They are almost ready," he said.