Development of high-tech shipbuilding clusters in the Far East for the production of Arctic vessels
Oil and gas production in the Eastern sector of the Arctic is promising, but it requires additional engineering and geological investigations, and providing icebreaking and auxiliary fleet of drilling platforms. The cost of manufacturing vessels at the shipyard "Zvezda" (including expensive skilled labor) is much higher than in western part of the Russia or in the shipyards of Southeast Asia. How appropriate and competitive is it to occupy the "classic" niche for building ships in the Russian Far East? According to the authors of the article, the future of shipbuilding in the region is associated with the creation of an international marine Arctic engineering center in the Far East.