Martsinkevich: Russia does not have a large-capacity fleet
Russia is experiencing serious difficulties with a large-tonnage civilian fleet that would allow it to export its food and raw materials.
This was stated by Boris Martsinkevich, editor of the Geoenergetics magazine, on the air of the Roy TV internet channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Martsinkevich, at the same time, the development program for the domestic fleet was adopted back in the “pre-war” year of 2019 and has not changed since then.
“We don’t have our own fleet to export grain, we don’t have our own fleet to export fertilizers, we don’t have a fleet to export oil, we don’t have a fleet to export coal, wood - we simply don’t have a large-tonnage fleet, unfortunately...
As for shipbuilding, the industry development program was adopted in 2019, the project was submitted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the government approved it and no one changed it. For what reason - I don’t know.
In this program, where there are a lot of beautiful words, there is an application where they came up with numerical tasks for themselves, so, in accordance with this program, by 2022, the industrial capacity utilization of the Russian shipbuilding industry should reach 64%. And by the 30th it’s already 85%. All…
“The Russian Energy Agency has made its calculations on how many bulk carriers and dry cargo ships we need to ensure that the volume of coal exports does not at least decrease. 168 ships, of which 52 are large-tonnage,” said Martsinkevich.
Martsinkevich : Russia Doesn't Have a Large-Capacity Fleet