Yantar Shipyard promises completion of landing ship in 2012

The head of media relations at Yantar Shipyard, Sergey Mihailov, said that the Russian Ministry of Defence would be able to take delivery of a new landing ship in 2012. “The formation of the hull is coming to the end,” said Mr Milhailov. “As of November 1, the workers of the plant have established the last hull section on the ship. Having received the front block, the hull took a complete form, and assembly works reached the finishing stage.”