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The book «Waterways of the country» | PDF

The book shows the ways of establishing the Central Engineering Design Bureau and improving cargo, passenger, towing and icebreaking ships. It was written about the bureau's work in the field of designing power plants, auxiliary mechanisms, and developing new technological processes.

1935

The history of AO Engineering Center of Shipbuilding began on August 4, 1935 when the Engineering Design Bureau of the USSR People's Commissariat of Water Transport was created by order of the People's Commissar.

1939

In 1939, during the reorganization of the People's Commissariat of Water Transport, the Engineering Design Bureau was divided into Morsudoproekt (now Leningrad Central Engineering Design Bureau, part of the Central Research Institute of the Marine Fleet) and the Central Engineering Design Bureau of the USSR Ministry of River Fleet.

1988

In 1988, in line with the general trend at that time of the consolidation of industrial enterprises and the concentration of scientific, design and engineering, and production potential, Scientific and Production Association Shipbuilding was created.

1992

In 1992, in the process of privatization, Leningrad and Podporozhye experimental plants became independent enterprises, and the Central Engineering Design Bureau was transformed into OAO Engineering Center of Shipbuilding, now referred to as AO Engineering Center of Shipbuilding (AO «ECS»).

2020

According to the projects of AO «ECS» a fountain was installed for St. Petersburg at the spit of Vasilyevsky Island on the Neva, sightseeing ships of the Fontanka and Neva types, as well as a sightseeing ship for the Saimaa Canal were built. By order of the government of St. Petersburg, the Almaz shipbuilding company built the multifunctional icebreaking tug Nevskaya Zastava.

2023

Currently, the main activities of AO «ECS» are: design of new river and mixed «river-sea» navigation of ships, re-equipment and modernization of existing ships, development of projects for passage of ships outside the established navigation area and transportation of non-standard large-sized and heavy equipment, design of marine machinery.

Key Projects

From 2020 onwards, the company has been preparing design and working documentation for projects for the construction and reconstruction of oil and gas processing facilities. The design of facilities as part of the ethane-containing gas processing complex in the area of the Ust-Luga settlement and the Astrakhan gas processing plant is being carried out.
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According to the projects of AO «ECS» in St. Petersburg, a fountain was installed at the spit of Vasilyevsky Island on the Neva. The project is also known as the «Floating Fountain». The fountain was opened on Russia Day, June 12, 2006. Thanks to the joint efforts of specialists, the fountain turned out to be one of the best in the world in terms of beauty, and at the same time, technically well-thought-out and mobile. The cost of construction was about 900 million rubles.
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In 2011, by order of the government of St. Petersburg, the shipbuilding company Almaz built the multifunctional tug-icebreaker Nevskaya Zastava. The design was carried out in a very short time, so model tests of the hull of the new vessel were not carried out, only tests using the «dry basin» method. However, the authoritative Finnish design bureau Aker Arctic gave its opinion on the project, which highly appreciated the icebreaking qualities of the vessel.
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