Flag hoisting ceremony has been held at the new Arc4 tugboat named Ural, the sixth ship in the port fleet of Vostochny Port JSC, says press center of the Company.
The keel of the new ship was laid in November, 2014 at Damen’s shipyard in China and launched in autumn, 2015. On December 14, upon completion of all necessary trials, the boat left port Shanghai for port Vladivostok. The ship arrived at her homeport on December 19.
The vessel was built to the order of Vostochny Port JSC under the modernization programme initiated by Managing Port Company LLC and started in 2010.
The tugboat’s length is 29.84 m, width – 9.8 m, draught max – 4.9 m. Total power of two main engines – 4,000 kW. Speed max in open water – 13.9 knots. The ship is equipped with two rudder propellers turning 360 degrees.
The Ural will let accelerate handling of large capacity ships. On the average, the Company’s port fleet expanded with its new tugboat will be able to participate in two more mooring operations per day. It will also be the most powerful tugboat of the Company’s port fleet.
The fleet of Vostochny Port numbers three powerful ship-towing tug, an azimuth tug and an estuary launch. The Company’s port fleet also provides services to other organisations. Its tugboats operate not only in the Bay of Vragnel but also in Nakhodka and Kozmino bays.
JSC Vostochny Port is the major stevedoring company of Russia specializing in coal transshipment. As of today, export coal (mainly coal mined in Kuzbass) accounts for 98% of the company’s turnover with 1.5% of the coastal trade coal and 0.01% of other cargoes. The company’s assets include a Specialized Coal Terminal with conveyer equipment system and railcar unloading station and a Universal Handling Terminal which specializes in clamshell coal handling. The Terminals’ annual capacities are 14.2 mln tonnes and 3 mln tonnes respectively.
In 2012, Vostochny Port commenced the construction of the Third phase of the Coal Terminal.
Managing Port Company LLC is the sole executive body of Vostochny Port OJSC.
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