Seagoing tugboat Aleksandr Kuchin commences operation at port Sabetta (photo)

Seagoing tugboat Aleksandr Kuchin commenced its operation in the water area of port Sabetta on October 5, 2014, press center of FSUE Rosmorport says.

The 232 KW tugboat provides the tugging support in the course of mooring operations and also can be used as a personnel launch.

It took over two weeks to deliver the tugboat from Arkhangelsk to Sabetta due to severe weather conditions.

The tugboat was built in 1987 in Azov and named after Russian polar explorer Aleksandr Kuchin.

Characteristics: class notation - К М  L3R3Tug, length – 23.4 m, width – 5.88 m, depth – 2.6 m, draught– 1.88 m, crew – 6.
    
Yamal LNG project envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per annum based on the feedstock resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field. According to the PRMS reserve standards, the proven and probable reserves of the South-Tambeyskoye field were appraised at 907 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Yamal LNG is currently owned by NOVATEK (60%), TOTAL (20%) and CNPC (20%).