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2010 October 27   14:04

Nizhny Novgorod shipyard launches diving boat, ordered by Rosmorrechflot

JSC Nizhny Novgorod MV Plant launched yesterday the Diver Denisov inshore diving boat, the company reports. This is the fourth vessel of a series diving boats of A160 project, being built at NN shipyard under the public order.

The diving boats of A160 project were ordered at the shipyard by the state customer - the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport of RF and the customer - FSI "Directorate of State Customer of programs for development of maritime transport". The ships construction is funded through the subprogram "Marine transport" of the federal target program "Development of Transport System of Russia (2010-2015)”.

Two lead ships Diver Litvin and Diver Pechkurov had been delivered to the customer ahead of schedule and sent to the home port of St. Petersburg and Murmansk. The third ship Diver Chebanenko has successfully passed sea trials and on November 3, will be sent to home port of Novorossiysk. Under the terms of the contract the fourth inshore diving boat Diver Denisov will be delivered by the end of the navigation period of 2010.
 
"The vessel has the most modern equipment, we are also pleased with the quality of work. As our colleagues from the Murmansk Department of rescue and underwater works a similar vessel of A160 project has already been delivered to the customer. During sea trials and en route to Murmansk she has shown perfect characteristics," Sergey Germashev, deputy director managing operation of fleet of the North-Caspian Department of rescue and underwater works.

The boat is designed to provide diving underwater engineering work at depths to 60 meters at 4pts rough seas, to participate in rescue and salvage operations, survey of sea-bottom, shipwrecks, underbody of ships and waterworks.

Overall, according to the development of maritime transport program FGI Gosmorspassluzhba of Russia will have 10 such vessels built to be operated in all basin department of the country.

Nizhny Novgorod MV Plant is located in Bor of Nizhniy Novgorod region. The enterprise specializes in building of vessels of auxiliary fleet, harbor equipment, products of marine engineering. The company implements full cycle projects - from the design phase to construction and maintenance of the vessels.
 

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