Moscow Shipyard lays down buoy tender of project 3052 for Volga Basin Administration (photo)
On March 26, Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard laid the keel of the buoy tender of project 3052 (building No 277) for Volga Basin Administration, the shipyard’s press center says.
The series of 7 state-of-the-art buoy tenders will be built under the state contract for “Renovation of Auxiliary fleet” through construction of buoy tenders of RRR *О-пр 2.0 (ice 20) class.
The projector of the vessel of 3052 project is GCDB Rechflot LLC, which earlier designed projects 3050 and 3050.1.
The vessel is designed for implementation of the following tasks: placement, removal and transportation of aids of navigation including river and lake beacons and buoys of up to type 4; on-site maintenance and repair of navigation facilities; control of the state of navigation pass at inland water ways; control of the state of navigation aids along the navigation pass; tugging of non-self-propelled crafts; transportation of cargo on working deck; harbor supply of vessels.
Vessel’s type - buoy tender (auxiliary vessel); class: RRR *О-пр 2.0 (ice 20), overall length – 35.8 m, width - 6 m, maximum draft – 1.4 m, displacement - 144 cub m, capacity of 2 major engines - 225 h.p. each, speed - 13 knots, sea endurance - 5 days. Crew - 6/4 persons. The crew accommodation in 6 single cabins and one quadruple-berthed cabin.
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard (Moscow Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corp.) is one of Russia's oldest shipyards founded in 1936. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels with a total overall length of more than 52,000 meters. The firm specializes in building of river passenger vessels, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts. 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.
