MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Berths on Spitsbergen will be upgraded in 2023, the Arcticugol state-run Company's Director General Ildar Neverov said, adding a new marine service center's construction will also begin in the coming year.

"We will upgrade the berths, there is a big berth system," he told the Days of Arctic and Antarctic international forum in Moscow. "We want to organize there a marine center to serve cruise routes to Spitsbergen."

The marine center will serve some of the cruise vessels, which now sail to Longyearbyen.

The plans include an upgrade of Spitsbergen's tourism infrastructures and works on the museum's concept. "[We want to] demonstrate a deep respect for the past, to show how we can use modern technologies to develop the Arctic and to have modern coal production," he said.

In 2022, the Russian government's decision is the company will be managed by the Ministry for Development of the Far East and Arctic. In summer, the company announced plans to develop a digital system for tourists visiting the Spitsbergen archipelago in Norway.

The Russian state-run Arcticugol owns 251 square kilometers on Spitsbergen. On that plot there are two mothballed mines - Piramida and Grumant, and one active mine - Barentsburg. Each mine is surrounded by accommodation and technical buildings, most of which currently are out of use.