Russia: MPSV ‘SPASATEL KAVDEJKIN’ Begins Builder’s Trials

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.

Principal Particulars:

Length overall – about 73.0 m;

Length between perpendiculars – 64.4 m;

Breadth overall – about 16.6 m;

Breadth (due waterline) – 15.5 m;

Design draught – 4.5 m;

Working draughts – 4.0-5.1 m;

Full speed – 15 kn;

Autonomy – 20 days;

Bollard pull is about 70 tons.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, July 1, 2013