New tugboats, Kizhuch and Chernaya Barabulka, at the port of Ust-Luga

On 26 April 2017, Baltic Sea Tug Agency (BSTA LLC, commercial sea port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region) put into operation its new tugboats, Kizhuch and Chernaya Barabulka.

The two 5,000 - h.p. ships are built by DAMEN Shipyards Group. The first sea trials and testing of technical characteristics have been successfully held in the Netherlands. 

Photo by Elmira Piriyeva