The fleet of Commercial Sea Port Vladivostok (CPV) received an ice-class tug worth some EUR 5 million. The vessel was built at the Dutch company’s China-based Damen Shipyards Changde to requirements of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and Lloyd's Register, the CPV’s press service reported.
The Project 2509 tug Dobrynya has a length of 25,93 m, breadth – 9,54 m, depth – 4,30 m, maximum draft - 3,80 m, two engines Saterpillar with power rated 3,000 hp, maximum speed - 12 knots. The vessel is equipped with Azimuth steering columns, which gives it a unique maneuverability, ice class allows the vessel to operate in difficult ice conditions.
Keel-laying of the Dobrynya was held in June 2009. The tug was accepted by the customer, JSC Commercial Port Sea of Vladivostok, on 11 November 2010 in the port of Shanghai, where the ship was delivered on the floating dock. Then the ship was being transported on the Yangtze River about a thousand kilometers. The Dobrynya sailed from the port of Shanghai to the port of Vladivostok with Damen Shipyards’ crew on board.
The Dobrynya tug is the second vessel purchased by the Vladivostok stevedore company, running its fleet upgrade program, in 2010. In October, CPV took delivery of a new special-purpose pilot boat worth about RUB 9m, which was built by S. Korean Hannam Shipbulding industry in Sachon.
Earlier, CPV’s CEO Vyacheslav Pertsev had said in an interview with PortNews that the company owned a fleet of four tugboats and one pilot boat and a floating crane. Their average age - 23 years.
Commercial Sea Port of Vladivostok JSC operates at the sea port of Vladivostok, one of the largest seaports in the Russia’s Far East. CPV’s portfolio of assets includes 17 berths with facilities to transship grain, containerized cargoes, to handle passenger vessels, and automobiles. In 2009 the stevedore company’s cargo throughput rose 4.9% to 6,205,100 tons.
The Project 2509 tug Dobrynya has a length of 25,93 m, breadth – 9,54 m, depth – 4,30 m, maximum draft - 3,80 m, two engines Saterpillar with power rated 3,000 hp, maximum speed - 12 knots. The vessel is equipped with Azimuth steering columns, which gives it a unique maneuverability, ice class allows the vessel to operate in difficult ice conditions.
Keel-laying of the Dobrynya was held in June 2009. The tug was accepted by the customer, JSC Commercial Port Sea of Vladivostok, on 11 November 2010 in the port of Shanghai, where the ship was delivered on the floating dock. Then the ship was being transported on the Yangtze River about a thousand kilometers. The Dobrynya sailed from the port of Shanghai to the port of Vladivostok with Damen Shipyards’ crew on board.
The Dobrynya tug is the second vessel purchased by the Vladivostok stevedore company, running its fleet upgrade program, in 2010. In October, CPV took delivery of a new special-purpose pilot boat worth about RUB 9m, which was built by S. Korean Hannam Shipbulding industry in Sachon.
Earlier, CPV’s CEO Vyacheslav Pertsev had said in an interview with PortNews that the company owned a fleet of four tugboats and one pilot boat and a floating crane. Their average age - 23 years.
Commercial Sea Port of Vladivostok JSC operates at the sea port of Vladivostok, one of the largest seaports in the Russia’s Far East. CPV’s portfolio of assets includes 17 berths with facilities to transship grain, containerized cargoes, to handle passenger vessels, and automobiles. In 2009 the stevedore company’s cargo throughput rose 4.9% to 6,205,100 tons.