Moscow Shipyard to build 7 buoy tenders for basin authorities
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard will build a series of 7 buoy tenders of Project 3052 for basin, the company’s press center reports.
In late 2012, Moscow Shipyard won the tender held by the Federal Maritime and River Transport Agency aimed at implementation of the Federal target investment program for 2012 with plan extended for 2013 and 2014. On December 27, 2012, the Agency and the Shipyard signed a state contract for construction of a buoy tender of RRR class. The projector of the vessel of 3052 project is GCDB Rechflot LLC, which earlier designed projects 3050 and 3050.1.
The series of 7 buoy tenders will be built for FBA Baikal-Angara SBA (Irkutsk), FBA Kamvodput (Perm), FBA Volga-Baltic SBAWWN (St. Petersburg) and FBA Volga SBA (Yakutsk).
The keel-laying of the lead ship of the project 3052 is scheduled for early February 2013 with the delivery of the last vessel scheduled for Q1 of 2015. The construction of one vessel is to take 6 months.
It is Moscow Shipyard’s third state contract for construction of tending vessels. In 2012 the Shipyard right-on-time delivered 8 buoy tenders of project 3050 built for enterprises servicing inland water ways. All in all 45 buoy tenders will be built under the three state contracts in 2012-2015.
The buoy tenders project 3052 will carry out activities to ensure safe navigation and state regulation of the transport process. The vessel is designed with attention to serviceability and has a high repairability, the statement reads. The vessel is equipped with a crane for handling operations.
Vessel’s type - buoy tender (auxiliary vessel); class: RRR *О-пр 2.0 (лед 20), overall length – 35.8 m, width - 6 m, maximum draft – 1.4 m, водоизмещение в грузу - 144 cub m, capacity of 2 , major engines - 225 h.p. each, speed - 13 knots, sea endurance - 5 days. Crew - 6/4 persons. The crew accommodation in 6 single cabins and one quadruple-berthed cabin.
The vessel is designed for implementation of the following tasks: placement, removal and transportation of aids of navigation including river and lake beacons and buoys of up to type 4; on-site maintenance and repair of navigation facilities; control of the state of navigation pass at inland water ways; control of the state of navigation aids along the navigation pass; tugging of non-self-propelled crafts; transportation of cargo on working deck; harbor supply of vessels.
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard (Moscow Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corp.) is one of Russia's oldest shipyards founded in 1936. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels with a total overall length of more than 52,000 meters. The firm specializes in building of river passenger vessels, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts.