Sovcomflot Group has taken the delivery of the last tug-boat in the series ordered to cater for safe operation of tankers in the Kola Bay, the company’s press center reports. The vessel was built by Sanmar Denizcilik (tuzla, Turkey). The new vessel is called Kapitan Reutov.
Two similar 3,660 kW tug boats, Kapitan Popov and Kapitan Avdyukov, which entered the Group’s fleet earlier this year will be put into operation together with the Kapitan Reutov tug in September 2009. All the tugs of the series will be registered in the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, with Murmansk as their port of registry. The vessels will all fly the flag of the Russian Federation. .
The Kapitan Reutov tug meets all the requirements of the relevant international conventions and leading classification societies. The vessel (project Sanmar 2800E) is a modern, highly manoeuvrable tug of 2,460 kW equipped with Azimuth thrusters and with a bollard pull of 45 tonnes. The vessel has been designed to operate in the low temperatures of the Northern latitudes. The tug is equipped with bow and stern towing winches and an external fire fighting system. It is capable of escorting large ocean-going tankers..
Sovcomflot OJSC is Russia’s largest shipping company and the world’s fifth-largest tanker company. Its fleet comprises 138 vessels with total deadweight of some 9.6 million tonnes. The Group’s current backlog of orders numbers 22 vessels with total deadweight of 2.1 million tonnes. Sovcomflot Group operates the world’s largest fleet for operation in ice-class conditions.
The Belokamenka Terminal, a storage tanker owned by Rosneft, accepts oil from the Varandei terminal. The Varandei terminal is located in the Barents Sea some 23 km off the coast and is connected with coastal installations and nearby oil fields with pipelines. Annual terminal capacities are 12 million tonnes.
Two similar 3,660 kW tug boats, Kapitan Popov and Kapitan Avdyukov, which entered the Group’s fleet earlier this year will be put into operation together with the Kapitan Reutov tug in September 2009. All the tugs of the series will be registered in the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, with Murmansk as their port of registry. The vessels will all fly the flag of the Russian Federation. .
The Kapitan Reutov tug meets all the requirements of the relevant international conventions and leading classification societies. The vessel (project Sanmar 2800E) is a modern, highly manoeuvrable tug of 2,460 kW equipped with Azimuth thrusters and with a bollard pull of 45 tonnes. The vessel has been designed to operate in the low temperatures of the Northern latitudes. The tug is equipped with bow and stern towing winches and an external fire fighting system. It is capable of escorting large ocean-going tankers..
Sovcomflot OJSC is Russia’s largest shipping company and the world’s fifth-largest tanker company. Its fleet comprises 138 vessels with total deadweight of some 9.6 million tonnes. The Group’s current backlog of orders numbers 22 vessels with total deadweight of 2.1 million tonnes. Sovcomflot Group operates the world’s largest fleet for operation in ice-class conditions.
The Belokamenka Terminal, a storage tanker owned by Rosneft, accepts oil from the Varandei terminal. The Varandei terminal is located in the Barents Sea some 23 km off the coast and is connected with coastal installations and nearby oil fields with pipelines. Annual terminal capacities are 12 million tonnes.