Sovcomflot Group has taken the delivery of a tugboat ordered to provide safe operation of tankers in Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region), the company’s press center reports. According to the source, the vessel was built in compliance with the strategy of the company’s terminal management development envisaging rendering of services by port, rescue and ecological fleet.
The solemn ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Gdynia (Poland) was attended by Sergei Tuchkov, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Gdansk, Harbor Master of Ust-Luga port Oleg Glukhov and representatives of Sovcomflot Group.
The new vessel bears the name of Sadko, Russian epic hero. This tugboat is the first in the series designed to provide safe operation of tankers in Ust-Luga port.
In August 2009 Sovcomflot Group is to take delivery of Stavr, the second tugboat of the series. Both tugboats will be registered with Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping, port of registration – St. Petersburg. They will fly the flag of the Russian Federation.
The new tugboat meets all the requirements of international conventions and leading classification societies. It is an up-to-date highly-maneuverable ice-class tugboat of azimuth type (Arc 4). Tugboat project Damen ASD Tug 2810, 3132 kW and 48 tonnes of towing tension is designed to operate under climatic conditions of the Gulf of Finland (the Baltic Sea). It is fitted with a fore towing engine and equipped with an outer firefighting system. The vessel can escort large capacity tankers.
Sovcomflot OJSC is Russia’s largest shipping company and the world’s fifth-largest tanker company. Its fleet comprises 133 vessels with total deadweight of some 9.5 million tonnes. The Group’s current backlog of orders numbers 28 vessels with total deadweight of 2.7 million tonnes. The average age of the Group’s tanker fleet is six years (against the world’s average age of 12 years).
The solemn ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Gdynia (Poland) was attended by Sergei Tuchkov, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Gdansk, Harbor Master of Ust-Luga port Oleg Glukhov and representatives of Sovcomflot Group.
The new vessel bears the name of Sadko, Russian epic hero. This tugboat is the first in the series designed to provide safe operation of tankers in Ust-Luga port.
In August 2009 Sovcomflot Group is to take delivery of Stavr, the second tugboat of the series. Both tugboats will be registered with Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping, port of registration – St. Petersburg. They will fly the flag of the Russian Federation.
The new tugboat meets all the requirements of international conventions and leading classification societies. It is an up-to-date highly-maneuverable ice-class tugboat of azimuth type (Arc 4). Tugboat project Damen ASD Tug 2810, 3132 kW and 48 tonnes of towing tension is designed to operate under climatic conditions of the Gulf of Finland (the Baltic Sea). It is fitted with a fore towing engine and equipped with an outer firefighting system. The vessel can escort large capacity tankers.
Sovcomflot OJSC is Russia’s largest shipping company and the world’s fifth-largest tanker company. Its fleet comprises 133 vessels with total deadweight of some 9.5 million tonnes. The Group’s current backlog of orders numbers 28 vessels with total deadweight of 2.7 million tonnes. The average age of the Group’s tanker fleet is six years (against the world’s average age of 12 years).