Russian Pella Shipyard launched the regular tugboat of project 90600 RB-400 (building No 938) pertaining to the Acceptance Program of 2013 on July 25. By the end of this year the tugboat RB-400 will be delivered to the port Murmansk and put into operation within the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation.
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, August 6, 2013