Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard delivers forth tug of project 81 (photo)
Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) has delivered the forth vessel in a series of six tugboats built to the order of LLC P.Trans Co. for the needs of Severstal, the shipbuilder's press release said. The tug has been named Vega.
According to earlier reports, the shipyard has already delivered Cherepovetsky Metallurg, Stalnoy and Sirius tugs to the customer. The Altair and Toliman tug have been launched recently.
The Project 81 push tug’s displacement is 365 tonnes, LOA - 25 m, breadth - 10 m, depth – 5.15m.
The vessel is designed to perform pushing or emergency towing of barges (project 82) with total displacement of about 5,200 tonnes at a speed of 10 knots. Crew – 7, endurance – 7 days.
The vessel had been designed according to the requirements of Russian River Register to М3.0 (Ice 10) А Class.
OJSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, a part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, was created in 1912. The shipyard has built over 500 warships and vessels of 43 designs for the Russian Navy and foreign customers. The shipyard is building missile boats, trawlers, passenger and work vessels for various purposes and is about to start the large-scale construction of mine warships of the new generation for the Russian Navy and foreign countries.
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