Almaz Shipyard (Saint-Petersburg) launches SPK-45150, new floating crane of Project 02690 (photo)
St. Petersburg, Russia based Shipbuilding Company Almaz has launched SPK-45150, new self-propelled floating crane of project 02690 (No 9050, the shipyard’s press center says.
“The operation has been performed with a success. The floating crane has been moored at the shipyard’s sea wall where it will undergo further phases of outfitting, the statement says.
Joint Stock Shipbuilding Company "Almaz" was founded in 1933 as a shipyard of the USSR Coast Guard. Today St. Petersburg headquartered Almaz is a modern enterprise with a long shipbuilding tradition specializing in the construction, conversion, outfitting and repair of high-speed coast guard border patrol vessels and boats, of large and small tonnage ships, of multipurpose hovercrafts, ships and yachts for civil sector both for Russian and foreign customers. The company has two floating docks of capacity 2,500 to 3,000 tonnes.