Nevsky Shipyard to launch 3rd serial salvage ship Spasatel Zaborshchikov on June 22nd
Schlisselburg-based Nevsky Shipyard has scheduled a launching and christening ceremony for a 4MW multipurpose salvage vessel of project MPSV07. The boat will be named Spasatel Zaborshchikov (Salvager Zaborshchikov, build number 703) is being constructed for Rosmorrechflot (Federal Marine and River Transport Agency) and Directorate of State Customer of Programs for Development of Maritime Transport, the shipbuilding company said.
The project designer is St. Petersburg-headquartered Marine Engineering Design Bureau-St. Pb.
Ship’s basic characteristics: LOA - about 73 m, BWL - 15.5 m, maximum draft - 5.1 m, the draft DWT – 1171 tons, maximum speed - 15 knots. Class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - KM May 1 Arc AUT1-ICS OMBO FF3WS DYNPOS-2 EPP Salvage ship.
The MPSV07 Project salvage vessel is intended for patrol, search and rescue duty in the areas of shipping, fisheries, offshore oil and gas fields, technical support and assistance in areas dangerous for shipping and fishing, for support of transport operations at the ports.
The vessels of this class participate in salvage of stricken ships, search, rescue and evacuation to safety of crew members, refloat of stricken vessels, pumping of water from flooded compartments of such vessels and towing them to shelter. The ships are able to escort (or rescue) vessels, offshore drilling rigs / GBS both in ice and open water, to assist in extinguishing fires on offshore and onshore facilities.
Besides, such ships are also designed for diving support at depths of 60 meters, for deep-sea diving at depths of 300 meters, for oil spill response (OSR) operations, etc.
Nevsky Shipyard (part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding), located 40 km from St. Petersburg in Schlusselburg on the left bank of the Neva River, Nevsky Shipyard is one of the oldest enterprises of water transport of Russia. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. The Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight up to 2500 tons.
