“Silk Way” in Russia
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order to hold the Silk Way international rally on the Russian territory.
Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, President of the Russian Olympic Committee was appointed chairman of the organizing committee of the rally which will take place along the route St. Petersburg – Sochi this September. Besides, Tatarstan’s President Rustam Minnikhanov, First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Oleg Morozov, Russia’s Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vladimir Mutko, other federal and regional officials, and also Head of the “Silk Way – Dakar Series” project Semyon Yakubov became members of the organizational committee of the rally.
At the same time when the order was signed in Moscow, a briefing for the Russian rally competitors was held in the course of which the organizers of the rally provided them with more specific information about the route of Silk Way 2010. The group exploring the route worked well so that Silk Way Rally 2010 could stay in participants’ memory for a long time due to its unexpected angles and opening of new regions and landscapes of diverse geographical zones in Russia’s European part. The sportsmen are to receive evidence that, however fantastic it may seem, there is a desert, huge sandy plateaus, the most difficult dunes, endless steppes with the most difficult navigation conditions and serpentine rally roads in Europe too.
The organizers solved important tasks; they planned where to place bivouacs, worked through the issues of cooperation with local authorities, coordinated the work of a flight formation of the rally, developed fuel logistics along the route. The organizers gave serious attention to protection issues as over 100 thousand spectators are expected to be present at some route legs, even in not the most densely populated areas.
Applications for participation in the race are no longer accepted. 70 crews from 28 countries made their applications. “Even an Arab sheikh from the UAE inquired about the conditions of participation in the rally”, Semyon Yakubov said, “In addition to last year’s participants we have new ones.”
Thursday, 15 July 2010
KAMAZ Gas-Powered Vehicles at Innoprom 2010 Exhibition
The Ural International Exhibition and Forum of Industry and Innovations Innoprom 2010 on the stands of which OJSC KAMAZ presented gas-powered vehicles and gas equipment was opened in Yekaterinburg.
Importance attached to promotion and development of domestic gas-fired equipment in Russia is emphasized by the fact that the state’s chief executives Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin participated in the forum. Director General of OJSC KAMAZ Sergey Kogoghin made a report “OJSC KAMAZ’s Innovation Development Program” for the participants.
KAMAZ presented the audience several specimens of its equipment – two vehicles for communal services on KAMAZ-65115-30 (6x4) gas-powered chassis (BM-53229G-1 rear-tipping garbage truck and KO-505AG vacuum vehicle) and NEFAZ-5299-30-31 (4x2) urban low-entrance three-door bus. All of them are equipped with 260 hp Euro-4 gas engines produced by KAMAZ.
The leader of the Russian truck industry and one of the guarantors of Russia’s transportation security, OJSC KAMAZ has been actively developing a gas-powered vehicle sector in its production and innovation policy for a long time. The company considers (compressed) natural gas an equivalent alternative to diesel fuel, and, in addition, natural gas is economically effective as it is evidently cheaper than traditional fuels. Moreover, development of gas engines of the next stage international emission standards (Euro-4, Euro-5) is achieved by simpler design and technological solutions which also increases competitive advantages of vehicles and buses. Experience of accelerated development of gas-powered vehicles in the EU countries provides convincing proof of it.
Thursday, 15 July 2010