Leningrad Shipyard Pella (Pella JSC) has launched the Danube tug, being built for Sovcomflot. This is the fourth 16609/2 project ship ordered by the shipping company. The delivery is scheduled for the end of this summer, the shipbuilder statement said.
Ship dimensions: LOA - 28.5 m, beam - 9,5 m, depth 4,8 m, draught overall about 4,5 m, crew - 8, bollard pull - 47 tons, two main engines rated 1491 kW each, Caterpillar 3516 B; class KM * Arc4 R2 Aut1 FF3 WS Tug.
Pella Shipyard was founded in 1950. In 1992 the state-owned enterprise was privatized, turned Pella Holding Company comprising of the head office and a number of its subsidiaries.
Sovcomflot Group, founded in 1995, is one of the largest Russian shipping companies. Sovcomflot’s fleet comprises of 146 ships of total deadweight of over 10 million tons. The company shipbuilding program includes 10 ships of total 800,000 DWT. The average Sovcomflot’s tanker age is some 7 years (world’s average - 12 years). The Group ranks first in the world in the segment of commodities carriers, the second - in Aframax vessels fleet. The company has the world’s largest Ice Class vessels fleet. It is also the top global operator of Arctic shuttle tankers and LNG carriers with Ice Class.
Ship dimensions: LOA - 28.5 m, beam - 9,5 m, depth 4,8 m, draught overall about 4,5 m, crew - 8, bollard pull - 47 tons, two main engines rated 1491 kW each, Caterpillar 3516 B; class KM * Arc4 R2 Aut1 FF3 WS Tug.
Pella Shipyard was founded in 1950. In 1992 the state-owned enterprise was privatized, turned Pella Holding Company comprising of the head office and a number of its subsidiaries.
Sovcomflot Group, founded in 1995, is one of the largest Russian shipping companies. Sovcomflot’s fleet comprises of 146 ships of total deadweight of over 10 million tons. The company shipbuilding program includes 10 ships of total 800,000 DWT. The average Sovcomflot’s tanker age is some 7 years (world’s average - 12 years). The Group ranks first in the world in the segment of commodities carriers, the second - in Aframax vessels fleet. The company has the world’s largest Ice Class vessels fleet. It is also the top global operator of Arctic shuttle tankers and LNG carriers with Ice Class.