Rosmorport’s Arkhangelsk department takes delivery of ice-class buoy tender Kapitan Shershnev (photo)

Arkhangelsk department of FSUE Rosmorport has taken delivery of new ice-class buoy tender of Project 02781. The vessel named Kapitan Shershnev was built by GRAND OJSC (Saint-Petersburg) and delivered in September 2016.

The buoy tender came to Arkhangelsk from Big Port St. Petersburg on 18 October 2016. The Kapitan Shershnev is the 17^th vessel and fourth buoy tender in the fleet of the department.

Key characteristics: Class - КМ*Ice3[1]R2 AUT3, length – 25.18 m, breadth – 6.6 m, depth – 2.5 m, draught – 1.4 m, speed – 10.3 knots, crew – 2.

The vessel is equipped with a 3.5-tonne crane and a winch with a pulling force of 5 t to place and remove medium buoys of С-3 and МБ-780 type with anchors of up to 3 t. The vessel’s deck allows for maintenance of medium and small buoys.

With its ice class the ship can operate under temperature of up to -25 C° and sail independently in brash ice of up to 70 cm thick.

Arkhangelsk department of FSUE Rosmorport will be deployed for placing/removing aids to navigation at the approaches and in water areas of Arkhangelsk, Naryan-Mar, Onega and Sabetta ports.