Russia and India to Build First Joint Vessels by 2030: Expert

Vladislav Dmitriev, honorary representative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in India, named cooperation on ice-class vessels as one of the promising avenues.

Kazan, October 15. /TASS/. Vladislav Dmitriev, honorary representative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in India, told TASS in an interview: Russia and India envision building the first ships as part of the bilateral cooperation program by 2030.

He said on the sidelines of the second Russian-Indian business conference: "The Indian side believes that it is ready to provide the pipeline to Russia in a period of two to three years. This means that the first ships under the program that we are currently implementing as part of our bilateral cooperation should be built by 2030."

The expert said that several Indian companies, which are currently actively cooperating with Russian shipyards and other industries, came to the trade forum. Dmitriev noted that they plan to discuss the construction of several river-sea class ships and chemical tankers at the forum.

This expert said: cooperation in the field of ice-class vessels is another promising path. He pointed out: We know that one of India's state-owned shipyards has now started designing its first ice-class ship, and two of our largest companies in the oil and gas sector are interested in buying this project.

Dmitriev added: Russia and India have discussed many times about the development of cooperation in the Arctic and the possibility of using new ships on the North Sea route.