Tugboats of St. Petersburg based company PORT FLEET during the 2015 navigation season has carried out 14 operations towing various vessels in the Baltic and Barents Seas, the harbor fleet operator said in a press release.
Three vessels of the company's fleet of 9 tugs were engaged in the towing operations.
tug "Mercury" carried out 7 operations from the Port of St. Petersburg to the Port of Kaliningrad, assisting the delivery of new boats for the Russian Navy.
Another towing was performed by the tug from the Port of Tallinn, Estonia to the Port of Vyborg, Leningrad region.
The tug "Uran" has provided towing services between the ports of St. Petersburg and Murmansk and from Rotterdam, Netherland to St. Petersburg.
The tug "Tuman" has performed two operations to assist transportation of equipment for the Leningrad NPP2 from St. Petersburg to Sosnovy Bor, in Leningrad region. Besides, the ship was towing objects from St. Petersburg to Vysotsk port and from Ust-Luga, Leningrad region to St. Petersburg.
PORT FLEET JSC was founded on the basis of the Port Fleet of Morport SPb OJSC in November 1997. The harbor fleet operator performs a considerable part of towing services at the Port of Saint Petersburg and other ports in the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland. PORT FLEET specializes in operation of auxiliary and support harbor fleet. The Company owns and operates a fleet of 20 vessels including tugboats, bunker vessels, a water tender and oil barges. The company provides comprehensive services for ships within and outside the Port of Saint-Petersburg.