On 11 December, Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping hosted a meeting of the Governing Council of the Russian-Asian Consortium for Arctic Research (RACAR), which was attended by almost all members of the consortium.
The participants discussed progress made, plans for the next year, and project proposals. The meeting was dynamic, there is a great deal of work to be done, the consortium includes organisations from Russia, China, India, Indonesia and more and more applications are coming in from different countries.
We express our gratitude to the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping for excellent organisation of the event and wonderful excursion around the university, the participants had an opportunity to get acquainted with the latest technologies of management of different types of Arctic-class vessels, both container ships and nuclear icebreakers.