United Shipbuilding Corp. to build a supply base worth 1bn rubles

President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Roman Trotsenko and Murmansk Region Governor Dmitry Dmitrenko have reached an agreement on the issues of ensuring of industrial development of the Arctic shelf, the Murmansk region government press office said.
The USC plans to invest nearly 1 bn rubles in the construction in the Murmansk region of a specialized supply base (SSB), intended to ensure the existing and future projects of development of hydrocarbon deposits located on the Arctic shelf.
The projected SSB is expected to be focused on bunkering vessels, unloading, storage and transshipment of goods, provision of drilling wells, maintenance of marine equipment, ensuring operations at the deposits, oil extraction and transportation, the regional administration statement said.