Deputy Prime Minister – Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev reviewed a project to develop unmanned maritime systems, according to the press service of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and Arctic.

A pilot project for unmanned logistics was launched in the Arkhangelsk Region in July 2025. The region was one of the first to begin the practical implementation of unmanned small vessels in logistics. It is expected that the use of these systems will ultimately improve the efficiency of freight transportation and the quality of life for residents of remote settlements in the region.

Yury Trutnev was presented with a development project for the construction of a new unmanned boat, the Clipper, capable of transporting cargo in a 20-foot sea container.

“I have always thought that economics plays a major role in such processes; the project needs to be examined carefully. We are eliminating shipmasters, but we must assess how cost-effective this is. And from the perspective of unmanned boats, this is a good product. It can be used to defend our homeland. As for transport applications, we also need to consider the benefits,” Yury Trutnev said.

The Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District also visited the new railway terminal, which has the capacity to process over 200,000 tons of cargo per year. The investment project to create a rear railway terminal in Arkhangelsk was launched in late 2021. The project included the construction of a cargo unloading and storage area and a warehouse platform with its own access railway tracks.

The railway terminal covers an area of over 150,000 square meters. It can simultaneously store 500 20-foot containers and has 66 connection points for refrigerated containers.

The project also included the construction of 3.2 kilometers of railway tracks. They will provide additional capacity for loading and unloading railcars carrying various types of cargo, including for new Arctic projects by Rosneft, Norilsk Nickel, and Novatek.

Yury Trutnev visited the import-substituting production facility of a resident of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation, which has launched production of Logger H405 harvester heads. Prototypes have been tested, and production has now moved into serial manufacturing. This year, the company commissioned a new production facility with an assembly line dedicated exclusively to harvester units, with a potential output of up to 200 units per year. This high-tech automated equipment for logging machinery will replace imported equivalents.

“A harvester head is one of the most complex and science-intensive engineering products. Prototypes of this equipment have demonstrated their reliability and efficiency,” Arkhangelsk Region Governor Alexander Tsybulsky noted.