Propulsion Prospers in Russian Building Boom

摘要

As NEVA 2007, the 9th International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition kicked off in St Petersburg, Russia late last month, German propulsion systems specialists Schottel were well placed to talk of local successes on their stand at the show.rnThe company has had business relations in Russia for decades and is currently enjoying a surge of activity as foreign ship owners order vessels in the country in order to benefit from shorter delivery times. This is due to high production capacities resulting from former military shipyards now building commercial vessels. The formerly top secret Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk is now active in the commercial vessel sector and is currently fitting anrn800kW Schottel SPJ 220 Pump-Jet and an STT 2 FP bow thruster to a seismic research vessel.