The development of the Northern Sea Route will require a large-scale fleet renewal in the Far East. According to estimates by the United Shipbuilding Corporation, the region will need 164 vessels for various purposes by 2035, "Pervy Tekhnichesky" was informed by the USC press service.
This need includes 100 cargo ships, 18 icebreaking vessels, and 46 emergency rescue vessels. For the Far East, this is of strategic importance, as the region is the eastern pillar of the NSR and the point of convergence for Arctic logistics with ports in the Pacific basin.
USC emphasized that further development of the Northern Sea Route is impossible without synchronizing the construction of ice-class vessels, emergency rescue fleets, port infrastructure, railway approaches, and transshipment hubs. For the shipbuilding industry, this creates long-term demand for a wide range of vessels: large-capacity transport vessels, icebreakers, support vessels, river vessels and mixed-navigation vessels, as well as port and auxiliary fleets.
The next stage in the development of Arctic logistics, according to the corporation, should be the formation of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor – a new multimodal system combining sea, river, rail, road, and port elements with a potential cargo flow of over 100 million tons. However, fleet renewal remains critically important for current tasks as well.
One of USC's key production sites in the region remains the Amur Shipbuilding Plant. It can build emergency rescue, fishing vessels, ice-class tugs, and research expedition vessels. The corporation also plans to build a new large-capacity shipyard in the Promezhutochnaya Bay near Vladivostok – it will produce gas carriers, tankers, bulk carriers, and container ships.
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