The State Commission has accepted the tugboat “RB-401” building No 939, pr. 90600.
At the nearest time the tugboat will be delivered to the port of operation- Kaliningrad and put into operation within the Baltic Fleet RF.
The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil and petroleum content products, cargo transportation, ice breaking and erosion operations.
Ship’s general characteristics: length - 25.4 m, beam – 8,8 m, depth – 4,2 m, speed - 11.8 knots. RS Class - KM Arc4 R3 Aut3 Tug.
The tugboat is equipped with cargo crane РС 2300, Palfinger with lifting capacity of 150 kilos at the boom of 5m.
In order to fulfill fire-fighting operations the tugboat is equipped with external fire fighting system made by FFS (capacity is 800 m3/h, 2 water monitors, water curtains system).
JSC Pella Shipyard based in Russia’s Leningrad region was founded in 1950. In 1992 Pella was privatized as Pella Holding Co. comprising the head office and several subsidiaries. The shipbuilding firm specializes in building tractor tugs with rated power of 1,000-5,000hp, pusher tugs, escort tugs, pilot boats and rescue boats for Russian and foreign customers.