FRP approved the first loans for cruise ships for the Golden Ring

The Industrial Development Fund (FDP, coordinated by VEB.RF on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade) approved the first loans for 1.8 billion rubles. under the new program of preferential leasing of river vessels, the organization told RBC.

The Fund agreed on the application of Rosagroleasing for two loans for 1.84 billion rubles, which the leasing company will send for the construction of three-deck cruise ships PCS-180. They will be built by the shipyards of the Nizhny Novgorod region - Chkalovskaya shipyard and Meta-Com Plast. Upon completion, the cruisers will be transferred to the Gama shipping group. The cruise ships will have 74 cabins that can accommodate up to 180 passengers. The company already operates two similar vessels - the Golden Ring and the Aurum. They run between Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Yaroslavl.

According to Roman Petrutsa, the loans provided by the fund will cover about 97% of the construction costs of these vessels. For each vessel, Rosagroleasing will receive 921.5 million rubles. for 25 years at 1% per annum. The weighted average rate for Gama will be 4.5%, he added.

Under the new program of preferential leasing of ships, launched in August 2026, the FRP allocates preferential budget funds to leasing companies within annual limits. In 2026, the FRP allocated 8 billion rubles for the program. Previously, a single operator of a similar program was the State Transport Leasing Company (STLC, also included in the VEB.RF circuit).

RBC sent requests to Rosagroleasing and Gama.