Laky Verf launches 14M boat built for Karelian customs (photo)

On October 14, 2014, Laky Verf LLC (Shlisselburg, Leningrad region) launched 14M boat built for Karelian customs, press center of the North West Customs Department says. The ТС-535 will be registered in Petrozavodsk. 

It is the third vessel built by the company for the Federal Customs Service. In 2013, two boats of this type were delivered to Kaliningrad and Taganrog customs. The new boat of 14M project is 14.5 meters long, has the endurance of 450 miles, speed – 30 knots. The boat can be safely operated with 12 m/s wind and moderate sea. 

ТС-535 can be used for customs control purposes (patrolling, inspections, interception and search of non-compliant vessels, passenger transportation) in the waters of the coastal and marine areas, and estuaries of major rivers, both at night and in daytime, as well as for search and rescue operations and other purposes complying with the vessel’s technical abilities. The Karelian Customs will use the boat for control of export timber shipments.

Laky Verf is located at Nevsky Shipyard (Shlisselburg, Leningrad region) and has its own production facilities. From 2005 the company specializes in production of steel motor luxury yachts with exclusive design of the interior developed by the famous Dutch designers Guido de Groot and Frank Laupman. Since its foundation the company has built and transferred to the customers 6 yachts of 23M project. All 23.5-meter yachts successfully passed sea trials. The construction is supervised by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.