Rescue tugboat of Project 02980 built by Pella shipyard for RF Navy arrives in Kronshtadt (photo)

SB-121, the first rescue tugboat of Project 02980 (PS - 45), Hull No 801, built by Pella shipyard (Leningrad Region) for RF Navy has completed her passage to Kronshtadt, the shipyard’s press center says. The ship will soon undergo the manufacturer’s mooring trials and official acceptance tests before the delivery to the state customer.

Amid low water level in the Neva river, the ship was first towed with the use of pontoons for safety purposes. The pontoons were dismantled upon reaching the deeper part of the route and SB-121 was towed to the port of Kronshtadt. 

The serial tug is designed to perform ranged services: towing of seagoing vessels, floating units and structures in the ice and clean waters, supplying offshore facilities with equipment and materials, fast supply of personnel and goods, assisting construction at offshore facilities in the sea, participation in salvage operations, providing assistance to stricken ships, conduct SAR operations and evacuation of people, providing them with medical care, rescue operation in areas of shipping, offshore oil and gas fields, extinguish fires on floating and shore-based facilities, extinguish burning oil on the sea surface, and response to oil spills. 

Also the tug can assist in cargo transshipments at ports, operate on shallow waters and coastal shelf, support diving works. The ice class tug is able break the 1-meter-thick ice at a speed of 2÷5 knots and escort ships at speed of 10 knots. 

Major characteristics: LOA - 48 m, BOA - 13 m, draught – 5.4 m, speed – 14.5 knots, pulling power - 80 t, displacement - 1216 t, power - 2х2666 kW.

Leningrad Shipyard Pella was founded in 1950 and privatized in 1992. The holding incorporates a head company and a number of subsidiaries. The shipyard specializes in construction of tug boats for Russian customers.