Russian ship repair enterprises have faced a serious problem. The cost of ship repair within the country is often higher than at foreign shipyards, said Sergey Starovoitov, General Director of JSC "Nakhodka Ship Repair Plant".
According to him, the reason is not only salaries, but also expensive materials, seasonality, and the remoteness of enterprises from industrial centers.
Yes, we are more expensive. We have winter, seasonality. Plus, we need to maintain infrastructure during the winter period. And we are also far from the main industrial centers of our country.
Denis Zabaluev, Managing Director of OOO "Ship Repair Complex - Primorsky Zavod", warned that ship repair enterprises in the Far East have faced a growing outflow of orders to China.
For example, five shipping companies have completely moved there over the past two years.