The second in a series of multipurpose salvage vessels, the “SPASATEL KAVDEJKIN” set off on builder’s sea trials, on June 28th. The vessel of project MPSV07, developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC, is being built at Nevsky Shipyard.
The vessel is intended for Baltic BASU, part of the State Marine Pollution Control and Salvage and Rescue Service of the Russian Federation (Gosmorspassluzhba). The vessel can be used as a tug, a salvage, a fire-fighting vessel, a diving ship as well as for oil spills response.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, July 1, 2013; Image: Nevsky Shipyard