Tugboat “RB-399” (YN 937) of project 90600, pertaining to the series of vessels of 2013 delivery program, has been launched at Pella Shipyard.
This year the tugboat will be delivered to Russian Federation (RF) Navy and put into operation within the Northern Fleet of RF.
The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of ships and vessels, fire fighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil and petroleum content products, cargo transportation, ice breaking and erosion operations.
Technical information
Deck equipment:
The tugboat is equipped with cargo crane РС 2300, Palfinger with lifting capacity of 150 kilos at the boom of 5m.
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).
[mappress] Press release, May 23, 2013