He said this during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the topic of shipbuilding.
“In general, the capacity utilization in the industry is now quite high, at 63 shipbuilding enterprises there are about 300 ships and marine equipment in various stages of construction,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, Manturov added that among public and private customers, according to his department, there is a demand for more than 700 vessels until 2035.
Earlier, Putin spoke about the problems with the replacement of foreign equipment in the construction of ships in Russia.