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Monday, January 18, 2010

Russian Navy to upgrade Tartus naval base by 2011


Tartus, Syria
Russia will finish the fundamental renovation at its naval logistics base in the Syrian port of Tartus by 2011, said the Navy's General Staff on Wednesday.

Having been upgrading the Tartus port for several years, the Navy's General Staff said in a statement that "the main purpose is to develop logistics...to upgrade the existing coastal infrastructures and create new ones that will provide convenient moorage and stable supply for Russian ships pulling into Tartus with fuel, water, food and other supplies."

"The bulk of the works is to be completed in 2011," said the statement.

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