Rosneft began implementing a project for the construction of the Primorsky Metallurgical Plant in Sukhodol Bay near the city of Big Stone. The plant will provide the “Star” ship-to-format steel sheet. The construction of residential buildings for workers of the shipyard began. This was reported in the Information Department of Rosneft.
The metallurgical plant is built as part of the instructions of the President of Russia. A technical and economic substantiation of the project has already been developed and a decision is made under the production layout scheme. The project includes two queues: steel rolling and pipe rotted production. According to Rosneft, the plant will be equipped with a modern filtering system and have a high class of ecology.
The main products of the plant are large-format sheet rolling and pipes of large diameter for gas and oil pipelines. The main part of the products will be designed to provide shipyard, and the residue will be sent to the market of the Far Eastern region or export.
Also in the city of Big Stone are built by residential buildings for employees of the shipyard “Star”. 15 residential buildings on 708 apartments have already been populated. At the moment, more than 4500 people work on the shipyard, and when all objects of the shipbuilding complex are commissioned, the number of employees will exceed 7 thousand. To ensure their housing will be built, a total of more than 5 thousand apartments. More than 1.5 thousand people will work at the Primorsky Metallurgical Plant, for which housing will also be built in the Big Stone.
In addition, shipyard actively cooperates with profile engineering universities in the selection of personnel. Active interaction with the Far Eastern Shipbuilding College has been established. Educational institutions every year produces more than 100 specialists in the directions related to the functioning of shipyard. According to Rosneft, more than 94 percent of graduates are arranged to work on the enterprises of the Far Eastern Center for Shipbuilding and Ship repair.
The “Star” shipyard is built on the basis of the Zvezda plant on behalf of the President of Russia a consortium of investors led by Rosneft. The complex is designed for the production of large-tonnage vessels, ice class courts and other types of equipment that were previously not produced in the country.