Nobel Brothers Shipyard has successfully completed acceptance sea trials of the sixth oil containment boom-laying boat of project A40-2B, the shipbuilding company said.
Very soon, the vessel will head for to the home port of Novorossiysk to be handed over to the customer - the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot).
The vessel will be part of harbor fleet as a buoy tender and an OSRV for laying oil-containment booms during oil spills.
The serial workboats construction is funded through the Federal Program "Development of Civil Marine Equipment" (2009 – 2016).
In 2010, the shipbuilding firm constructed four rescue and oil boom-laying boats of A40-2B project for Rosmorrechflot.
Based in the town of Rybinsk of Yaroslavl Region Nobel Brothers Shipyard Ltd. was founded in 1907. Today, this is the largest shipbuilding firm in the Upper Volga (the yard encompasses 214,000 sq.km) employing 500 people. The company specializes in the construction of sea-going and river vessels, as well as ship repair. Nobel Bros Shipyard executes orders for Dutch customers for the hulls of dry bulk carriers, tankers, barges and other vessels.
Very soon, the vessel will head for to the home port of Novorossiysk to be handed over to the customer - the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot).
The vessel will be part of harbor fleet as a buoy tender and an OSRV for laying oil-containment booms during oil spills.
The serial workboats construction is funded through the Federal Program "Development of Civil Marine Equipment" (2009 – 2016).
In 2010, the shipbuilding firm constructed four rescue and oil boom-laying boats of A40-2B project for Rosmorrechflot.
Based in the town of Rybinsk of Yaroslavl Region Nobel Brothers Shipyard Ltd. was founded in 1907. Today, this is the largest shipbuilding firm in the Upper Volga (the yard encompasses 214,000 sq.km) employing 500 people. The company specializes in the construction of sea-going and river vessels, as well as ship repair. Nobel Bros Shipyard executes orders for Dutch customers for the hulls of dry bulk carriers, tankers, barges and other vessels.