MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. Twenty-six hydrofoil ships of Meteor 120R and Valday 45R makes were built on the site of the Alexeev Hydrofoil Design Bureau from 2019 to 2025, said the Office of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev.
"In total during 2019-2025, twenty-six hydrofoil ships, Meteor 120R and Valday 45R, were built on the site of the Alexeev Hydrofoil Design Bureau and handed over to the customers. They are now successfully functioning on routes in different regions of the country," the Office said.
On Monday, Savelyev attended the launch ceremony of two high-speed hydrofoil passenger ships Meteor 120R in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
"It is exactly our country that made high-speed hydrofoil ships the mass kind of passenger transport. The decisive contribution was made by the Nizhny Novgorod Shipbuilding School and its founder, legendary designer Rostislav Alexeev. They created solutions that determined the development of high-speed passenger fleet for decades," Savelyev said. Hydrofoil ships operated on rivers and sea lines inside the country and were supplied to 35 countries of the world, he added.