Russian shipbuilders are actively developing and building passenger ships, including pleasure boats, high-speed catamarans, and cruise ships. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Anton Alikhanov, during a meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Legislators.
In the last five years, 50 passenger ships have been built, 16 of them in 2024. Currently, about 70 more pleasure, excursion, and high-speed ships are in the works. Many of them run on electric traction and are made of composite materials.
We are talking about motor ships for 180-300 passengers, paddle steamers for Nizhny Novgorod, and motor ships for cruises on the Yenisei River for 245 seats.
They are all as comfortable as foreign counterparts.
The Minister emphasized that Russian shipbuilders are ready to assemble civilian ships faster. And the state will support customers by extending the program for subsidizing loans for the purchase of passenger ships until the end of 2025.