Moscow Shipyard launches 3050.1-class buoy tender for Volga-Baltic basin authority (photo release)
OJSC Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (Moscow Shipyard) yesterday launched the Ice20-class buoy tender of Project 3050.1 (Hull No235). The vessel was ordered by Russian water transport regulator Rosmorrechflot for its Volga-Baltic State Basin Department, the shipbuilder said Wednesday in a press release.
The construction of 12 serial tenders of Project 3050.1 (Reschflot Central Design bureau) is carried out within the sub-program "Inland Waterway" of the federal program “Development of Transport System of Russia in 2010-2015."
The buoy tenders will be used for servicing, maintenance of water and onshore navigation aids, to control the depths shipping channels on the Russian rivers. The 3050.1-class buoy tenders feature two cranes- manipulators installed on fore and aft parts.
Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (MSSZ, Moscow Shipyard) was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels. The company specializes in construction of river passenger ships, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts. The full-cycle shipyard has in-house design office, docks for hull repair, fabrication, painting, outfitting and interior manufacturing.
In 2010, the company commenced the construction of new generation cruise passenger ships. The shipyard is a subsidiary of the state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation. In September 2011, the shipyard launched the project of high-speed multipurpose cutters of MRV14 project for Russian ports. Since that year Moscow Shipyard is building the packages of 27 and 12 buoy tenders of project 3050 and 3050.1, respectively. In the autumn of 2012 the shipyard started construction of on-board boats for the Russian Navy.
