The 4MW multipurpose search and rescue boat of Project MPSV07 Spasatel Karev (hull number 701) built at Schlisselburg-based Nevsky Shipyard has returned home from shipbuilder’s sea trials, the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
From September 15 the boat has covered more than 1,400 miles in the Lake Ladoga and has tested her systems and special equipment (diving, fire fighting, oil spill, etc.).
The Spasatel Karev (Rescuer Karev) general characteristics: length - about 73 m, beam - approximately 16.60 m, LWL draft - 4.5 m, maximum speed - 15 knots.
The MPSV07 Project salvage vessel is intended for patrol, search and rescue duty in the areas of shipping, fisheries, offshore oil and gas fields, technical support and assistance in areas dangerous for shipping and fishing, for support of transport operations at the ports.
The vessels of this class participate in salvage of stricken ships, search, rescue and evacuation to safety of crew members, refloat of stricken vessels, pumping of water from flooded compartments of such vessels and towing them to shelter. The ships are able to escort (or rescue) vessels, offshore drilling rigs / GBS both in ice and open water, to assist in extinguishing fires on offshore and onshore facilities.
Besides, such ships are also designed for diving support at depths of 60 meters, for deep-sea diving at depths of 300 meters, for oil spill response (OSR) operations, etc.
Nevsky Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (Nevsky Shipyard, part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) is located 40 km from St. Petersburg in Schlusselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. Nevsky Shipyard is one of the oldest enterprises of water transport of Russia. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. The Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight up to 2500 tons.