Rosmorport’s Azov Basin Branch performs towing of new vessels

The Azov Basin Branch tow-tugs Fanagoriya and Dobrynya are taking part in the towing of the new sea tugs ALEM and JAHAN, which were constructed in Turkey, from Azov Seaport to Astrakhan Seaport.

According to Rosmorport, the new vessels will be towed along more than 1000 kilometres for almost a week. On their way they will pass the lower part of the Don, Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir and the cascade of hydroelectric complexes of the Volga-Don Seaway Canal. The towing convoy is expected to arrive at Astrakhan Seaport on 14 August. Its destination point is Turkmenbashi Seaport in Turkmenistan

It is for the first time that Azov Basin Branch is performing such a towing operation along the inner waterways of the Russian Federation. Usually the branch performs towing operations at sea. In 2013 the branch conducted 31 sea towing operations.