Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that in 2014 the volume of its shipments to Russian enterprises engaged in the shipbuilding industry rose by 37.2 percent year on year to 78,000 mt.
Shipbuilding steel is unique in its high level of resistance to corrosion, its low-temperature toughness and also its resistance to the effects of saltwater. It is used to make the bodies of icebreakers, offshore drilling platforms, wharfs, pontoons and more.
MMK's shipbuilding steel has been certified by Bureau Veritas (France), the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, the Russian River Register, the Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV), and the German classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL).