On October 29, 2013, Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant (the managing company —CJSC «VP FINSUDPROM») launched the buoyage vessel of the project SV2407 Yury Nikitin (construction number 156), the shipyard says.
It is the last vessel in the series of six state-of-the-art tenders of this project being constructed for the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency under the program “Renewal of tending fleet”.
Upon completion of mooring and sea trials the vessel will be dispatched to the ship owner, FSUE Moscow Canal.
Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant (the managing company —CJSC «VP FINSUDPROM») is situated in the central part of Russia, on the bank of the river Volga. It is an Open Joint Stock Company since 1993. The company specializes in construction of both civil vessels and warships.
The shipyard’s current state-ordered projects are: seagoing tug of project 745 mbs and three landing boats of project 21820 for the RF Ministry of Defense; three high-speed patrol boats of project 12260 for the RF Federal Security Service; six boom-laying boats of project SV 2407 and three bunkering tankers of project RT 18 for the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency.