The ferry trip of the six tugboats on the specialized cargo vessel HHL Lagos of company Hansa Heavy Lift (Germany) has successful completed. The tugboats have been delivered to the port of Vladivostok. The ferry trip was accomplished through the Northern Sea Route and lasted for 32 days.
Six tugboats as follows: two marine tugboats of project PE-65 “MB-92” and “MB-93” (building NoNo 503 and 504) and four tugboats of projects 16609 “RB-402”, “RB-403”, “RB-404”, “RB-405” (building NoNo 621, 622, 623, 624) were built at shipyard “Pella” in 2013.
The total weight of six tugboats is 3 000 tons. In a ten days the tugboats will be discharged from the HHL Lagos and then the vessels will be delivered to the Auxiliary Fleet of Russian Navy and put into operation within Russian Pacific Fleet.
The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor and coastal areas which comply with R2 navigation area (not more than 100 miles from place of shelter), performing of escort operations at the speed of 10 knots, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil and petroleum content products, cargo transportation, ice breaking and rescue and special purpose operations as well.
Technical data of project PE-65
Length max 34,4 m
Width max 12,1 m
Draft 4,4 m
Speed 13,5 knots
Bollard pull 63 t
Classificaion ?? Arc4 R1 ?ut1 FF3WS EscortTug by Russian Maritime Register of shipping.
Propulsion system Z-drive US 255 FP, Rolls-Royce, FPP into nozzles
Powerplant 2*1864 kW, 1600 r/min, Cat 3516B
Powerplant 2*1864 kW, 1600 r/min, Cat 3516B
Full load displacement is 860 t.
Deck equipment:
Technical data of the project 16609
Length, max 28,5 m
Width, max 9,5 m
Draft 4,3 m
Speed ab. 12 knots
Bollard pull 47 tones
Class notation KM Arc4 R2 ?ut1 FF3 WS Tug by Russian Maritime Register of shipping.
Propulsion complex Z-drives US 205, Rolls-Royce, FPP into nozzle
Power 2×1500 kW at 1600 rpm, Cat 3512B
Deck equipment:
The tugboat is also equipped with crane-manipulator HM 6/3 S, Fluidmecanica, with the capacity of 910 kg at the boom of 6 m.
In order to fulfill fire-fighting operations the tugboat is equipped with external fire fighting system made by FFS (capacity is 800 m3/h, 2 water monitors, water curtains system).
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Pella Shipyard, November 29, 2013