Flag-hoisting on Rosatomflot's Tambey tug in Murmansk
An official ceremony of flag raising on board the Tambey, second vessel built for the Portoflot project to service the Port of Sabetta, was held today, June 23 in Murmansk, on the territory of FSUE Atomflot, Atomflot said Thursday.
The multipurpose tugboat "Tambey" was built at Temryuk, Krasnodar Region based Craneship Shipyard LLC for the project Portoflot. Portoflot project implies the construction and operation of three ice-class tugs, one harbour icebreaker and one icebreaking tugboat. The shipbuilding orders were placed with Craneship and Vyborg Shipyard.
The tug was named after the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas condensate field located northeast of Yamal Peninsula.
The workboat left May 28 Novorossiysk to sail to its homeport Murmansk. The Arc 4 class has rated power 3,84 mW, speed in open water - 14,4 nm, max draft - 4.93 m, length - 30,87 m, beam - 11.2 m.
Under the contract with Yamal LNG the Tambey will commence operation before 1 July. Another ice-class tug the Pur has started operation for Yamal LNG project.
