Rosmorport’s dredging fleet is expected to grow in 2016-2017 with four new dredgers, Executive Director of FSUE Rosmorport Andrey Lavrishchev said at the II International Forum of Dredging Companies arranged by Media Group PortNews.
According to him, three dredgers will have holds of 1,000 cbm in capacity and one vessel – 2,000 cbm hold. One of the three dredgers with 1,000-cbm hold is to be built in 2017, all the other vessels – in 2016. The vessels will be registered in Arkhangelsk (the one with hold capacity of 2,000-cbm), Tuapse, Saint-Petersburg and Ust-Luga.
The larger dredger is under construction at Damen shipyard in Vietnam, the rest of vessels – at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (Russia).
As of today, FSUE Rosmorport’s dredging fleet numbers 9 vessels (built from 1961 to 2013).
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