State-owned Rosmorport chartered the Beluga Houston, which left the Big Port of St. Petersburg to carry two tugs to Vladivostok branch of Rosmorport, the federal state enterprise’s press release said.
The two tugs of project 90,600 were built by order of Rosmorport at JSC Pella Shipyard in the Leningrad region.
The chartered vessel’s crane of lifting capacity of 400 tons loaded one boat into the ship’s hold, the other - on the deck on a specially constructed keel blocks. The weight of each tug - about 320 tons.
Thanks to the coordinated work of specialists of Beluga Group and the staff of the St. Petersburg branch of Rosmorport, the loading operation of tugs on board has been successful and on time.
The Beluga ship is expected to arrive at the sea port of Vladivostok in mid December 2010.
The two tugs of project 90,600 were built by order of Rosmorport at JSC Pella Shipyard in the Leningrad region.
The chartered vessel’s crane of lifting capacity of 400 tons loaded one boat into the ship’s hold, the other - on the deck on a specially constructed keel blocks. The weight of each tug - about 320 tons.
Thanks to the coordinated work of specialists of Beluga Group and the staff of the St. Petersburg branch of Rosmorport, the loading operation of tugs on board has been successful and on time.
The Beluga ship is expected to arrive at the sea port of Vladivostok in mid December 2010.