Tugboat Petergof of PORT FLEET CJSC redeployed to MSCC Bronka (photo)
On March 17 tugboat Petergof of PORT FLEET CJSC was redeployed to its permanent location at port Bronka (MSCC Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg), Yevgeny Savkin, Director General of PORT FLEET CJSC, told IAA PortNews.
In view of growing number of calls to Bronka terminal the Company’s management has decided to redeploy its tugboat to the new terminal for continuous operation.
“To reduce ship owners’ extra costs it was decided to redeploy the tugboat to Bronka. This will let considerably decrease the chargeable time of mooring operations since there is no need to shift the tugboat from the First District of port Saint-Petersburg to MSCC Bronka and back,” explained Yevgeny Savkin.
According to him, the management of MSCC Bronka has agreed on providing a special berth at the new terminal as a permanent base of PORT FLEET’s two tugboats.
The Company’s tugboats have been assisting vessels to moor at Bronka from February 2016.
PORT FLEET Company was founded in November 1997. As of today, it performs a considerable part of service operations in the port of Saint Petersburg and neighbouring ports of the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland. The main activity of PORT FLEET is operation auxiliary fleet.
The Company operates the fleet of 20 vessels including tugboats, bunkering tankers and oil barges. It can perform any tasks on comprehensive servicing of ships within and outside the port of Saint-Petersburg.
