Tug RN Ussuri Hits The Water (Khabarovsk Shipyard)

The Khabarovsk Shipyard (a part of Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center) has launched the tug RN Ussuri. The event was attended by the local public leaders – Vyacheslav Shport, Interim Governor for Khabarovski Krai, and Alexander Sokolov, Khabarovsk’s Mayor – as well as Vladimir Tsybin, chief executive for Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center.

By ancient custom a champagne bottle was broken on the side of the ship by the RN Ussuri sponsor, the young engineer of the Khabarovsk Shipyard Natalia Malysheva.

The RN Ussuri got into the Amur waters to the ovation of the attendees. The tug built to the Rosneft’s needs is a powerful ARC4 arctic ice classed ship intended for year-round coastal ocean operation on the high seas with up to 7 meter maximum wave height. In addition to her primary role of towing and pushing, the ship can fight fires. The design is distinct in that it features a z-drive configuration as the ship’s main propulsor. The propeller is mounted in a fully steerable thrust unit that provides maneuvering in close quarters.

The tug still has a journey down the Amur to the Sea of Japan for her sea trials at the delivery site of the Khabarovsk Shipyard in Vladivostok.

2310 Class Specifications

Length: 22.73 m

Breadth: 10.45 m

Draft: 4.5m

Tonnage: 380 tons

2 x 2,700 kW Rolls-Royce engines

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Press Release, August 12, 2013