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tensive machine park and a design office. The quay
line is 360 meters long and can accommodate ves- Pavel Makkoveev,
sels with a draught of up to 5.4 meters. There is a Director of SPASI:
dock with load-carrying capacity up to 2500 tons
with possibility of installation of ships of length up Our company is a supplier of rescue and fire-
to 87 meters, width up to 19 meters and draft up to fighting equipment. Despite the fact that there are
7,5 meters. The dock is open all year round, allowing many Russian companies among the manufactur-
repairs to be carried out promptly and regardless of ers of such products, it must be stated that at pres-
weather conditions. The company has accumulated ent domestic rescue equipment is competitive only
extensive experience of working for shipowners in the because of its availability and relatively low price
Arkhangelsk region and across the country. The key of both products and spare parts. Unfortunately,
customers today are Northern Shipping Company, Russian manufacturers offer a very narrow prod-
Rosmorport, Northern Rosgidromet, Northern Re- uct line compared to foreign companies.
gion shipyard, and Eco Shipping company. The list of Chinese manufacturers have other problems.
work performed includes repairs to tankers, icebreak- Low price is their weapon. Unfortunately, there is
ers, trawlers and other types of vessels. The company also the other side of the coin: the lack of a prop-
is implementing a multi-year investment programme, er amount of spare parts available in Russia and
renewing its equipment fleet and mastering new types the high price of these parts compared to Russian
of work. As part of the modernisation programme, manufacturers. In turn, European products also
additional storage areas have been created, loading have a high price, which is not suitable for many
equipment has been repaired, and new technologies customers.
have been introduced: in particular, hull water jet- Thus, it is necessary to establish appropri-
ting and sandblasting systems and laser alignment of ate production facilities in our country. Howev-
shafts. Future plans include acquiring a new dock for er, this is a long-established market, and young
servicing heavy-lift vessels that carry out shipments Russian companies have virtually no chance to
along the Northern Sea Route. take a place in this niche: they cannot compete
with large manufacturers who are able to sell
Dvina berths equipment in large volumes and with minimum
margins, earning not through cost, but through
Arkhangelsk Fleet Repair and Maintenance Base after-sales service. In addition, even the pro-
is a multi-profile enterprise with a wide range of cus- duction of rescue and fire-fighting equipment
tomers. The company owns a G-300 slipway that can in Russia uses components from abroad. If ex-
be used for dockside repairs of vessels weighing up tensive production is required, a company will
to 2,500 tonnes, up to 130 metres long and with a in any case face the fact that it will have to buy
draught of up to 3.5 metres. The horizontal part of the components from other countries. Unfortunate-
slipway is 225 metres long and 50 metres wide, with ly, recently there have been very frequent diffi- SOZVEZDYE #36
a total slipway length of 1,300 metres. The operations culties with customs control of imports, which
carried out here include hull welding and surfacing delays terms and also has a negative impact on
work, repair of propeller shaft components, ship ma- business performance.
chinery, piping and fittings, electrical equipment, as In my opinion, the full development of import развитие
well as the design, installation and testing of aerosol substitution in the sector of rescue and firefight- development
fire extinguishing systems for ships. Clean-up oper- ing equipment is possible with the support of the
ations and painting works are being performed. The state in the form of improvement of customs pro-
customers are Severneftegazflot, Nord-Wood, Trans- cedures, certain tax and other preferences With-
Flot, Northern Shipping Company, Northern River out appropriate incentives, we will remain depen-
Shipping Company, Kharasavey Logistics, Bunker dent on imports. 35
Company Arkhangelsk, Valkur, Pomor-Service and