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2009 November 25   09:05

Ratibor towboat built for Sovcomflot OJSC at Pella (Leningrad region) passes trial trip

Leningrad Shipyard Pella plans to hand over a new towboat of the range built for Sovcomflot OJSC in advance of the contract terms. As per the company’s press-service information, Ratibor towboat (design 16609) had already passed the trial tests and was handed over to the shipping line in advance of the stipulated terms.

Radomir towboat was reported earlier to be included into the oil spill response program (OSR) of Ust-Luga port and that of oil terminal.

Radomir, the first of 4 towboats ordered by Sovcomflot at Pella shipyard is fitted out with equipment of world’s leading manufacturers. The propulsive complex consists of 2 main engines Caterpillar (2000 h.p each) and rudder propellers Rolls-Royce. The vessel is capable of fulfilling a number of functions including fire-fighting at external objects. The vessel is classified as Arc4 by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the modern requirements to the vessels.

Shipyard Pella was founded in 1950 году. In 1992 the enterprise was privatized and becomes an open joint-stock Leningrad Shipyard Pella. Leningrad Shipyard Pella OJSC comprises 11 subsidiary and affiliated companies. The company structure is a holding comprising a controlling and a head company as well affiliates including Pella-Mash OJSC, Intro-Pella Cjsc, NEMO CJSC, Aris LLC, Pella-Fjord OJSC, Promenergo LLC. The controlling interest is held by Gerbert Tsaturov, holding’s CEO. Pella is specialized in three basic activities: shipbuilding, mechanical engineering and fiberglass production.

Sovcomflot OJSC group of companies is one of the Russia’s largest enterprises. Its fleet consists of 137 vessels of overall deadweight 9.6 million tons. Average age of tanker fleet amounts to 6 years (with an average world figure – 12 years). Sovcomflot group stands first in the number of ‘Aframax’ tankers, second – in food-carriers sector. The company has the world’s largest fleet of vessels designed to work in ice-conditions. It provides its Customers not only with services on hydrocarbons shipments but also operations on crude oil transhipment through oil-storage, elaboration of effective logistics schemes of power-carriers shipment.

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