Pella shipyard (Leningrad region) dispatched six tugboats to Vladivostok
The unique operation for the loading of six tugboats on board of the vessel HHL Lagos of specialized company Hansa Heavy Lift (Germany) has successfully completed.
The unique operation for the loading of six tugboats on board of the vessel HHL Lagos of specialized company Hansa Heavy Lift (Germany) has successfully completed. The tugboats will be transferred to Vladivostok through the Northern Sea Route. The loading lasted for more than a week. The ferry trip to deliver tugs will take approximately 30 days.
Six tugboats as follows two marine tugboats of project PE-65 “MB-92” and “MB-93” (building NoNo 503 and 504) and four tugboats of projects 16609 “RB-402”, “RB-403”, “RB-404”, “RB-405” (building NoNo 621, 622, 623, 624) were built at shipyard “Pella” in 2013. Before the end of the year the vessels will be put into operation within Russian Navy Pacific Fleet.
The total weight of six tugboats reached 3 000 tons. To provide the loading of the tugboats from the water the shipyard "Pella" has manufactured a special lifting devices those were fastened under water by divers, and the tugboats were secured on the deck of the vessel with the help of a special metal structures (keel blocks). It needed 200 tons of metal to produce the keel blocks.
The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor and coastal areas which comply with R2 navigation area (not more than 100 miles from place of shelter), performing of escort operations at the speed of 10 knots, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil and petroleum content products, cargo transportation, ice breaking and rescue and special purpose operations as well.
Technical data of project PE-65: length max – 34.4 m, width max – 12.1 m, draught – 4.4 m, speed – 13.5 knots, classification - KM Arc4 R1 Аut1 FF3WS EscortTug by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, full load displacement – 860 t.
Technical data of project 16609: classification - KM Arc4 R2 Аut1 FF3 WS Tug by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, length max – 28.5 m, width max – 9.5 m, draught – 4.3 m, speed – about 12 knots.
Leningrad Shipyard Pella was founded in 1950 and privatized in 1992. The holding incorporates a head company and a number of subsidiaries. The shipyard specializes in construction of tug boats for Russian customers.
