GENERAL INFORMATION

The principal line of business of «Admiralty Shipyards» is design, production and modernization of civil and naval vessels of various types.

Now surface shipbuilding of the shipyard is aimed first of all at construction of a tanker fleet.

In 1994 the enterprise delivered to the Customer the first tanker “Pulkovo” of 28 400 DWT. She is a modern ship with a cruising range of 10.000 miles , speed of about 15 knots, high level of control automation of ship's systems and machinery.

In 1997 the shipyard started construction of tankers of ice class of 20 000 DWT. The tanker has double hull and is able to run in solid-ice of 0.5 m thickness at a speed of 1,5 to 2 knots. 5 ships of this project, “Astrakhan”, “Magas”, “Kaliningrad”, “Saratov”, “Usinsk”, have been built for oil company “Lukoil”. They are working on tracks of the Arctic sea route. Since January 2002 4 tankers – product carriers of 47 400 DWT have been built for JSC “Sovcomflot”. 4 vessels of this type had been delivered to the Customer by the beginning of 2005.

“Admiralty Shipyards” successively keep specialization in the area of submarine shipbuilding. From 1910 more than 300 submarines have been built here to date (including 41 nuclear submarines) as well as 68 deep-diving and underwater vehicles.

The enterprise has a wealth of experience in building submarines for foreign customers. Production capacities and equipment of the shipyard allow to build vessels that meet international requirements. The enterprise has obtained an international certificate of quality allowing to give customers firm guarantees of high quality of production.