The tugboat of project 90600 “RB-401”, building No 939 was put into operation within the Russian Navy on February, 1, 2014, Pella Shipyard informed. The official solemn flag-raising ceremony took place in Kaliningrad.
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:
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, February 11, 2014