Specifications:
- LOA: about 17 m
- BOA: about 4.0 m
- Height, fixed: about 3.5 m
- Draught: about 0.9
- Crew: 2 in number
- Special crew: 22 in number
- Speed: about 50 knots
- Total power: 2 000 h.p.
They finished the Kara-Summer 2013 expedition organised by Rosneft oil company together with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. On board the Akademik Fedorov research vessel of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, the expedition participants carried out a large-scale research of hydrological and meteorological conditions of the Kara Sea, monitored the outlet glaciers of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, as well as made a comprehensive analysis of ice conditions, determined the parameters of drifting icebergs and their morphometric characteristics.
The Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping established an expert group to render new services in the field of technical documents for seagoing vessels in operation.
According to the press office of the Register, the group will develop and review documents related to:
- Determining the sizes of hull structures as per the Register Rules
- Checking the vessel compliance with the Register Rules
- Surveying the hull structures as per the Unified Requirements of International Association of Classification Societies (Z10.1, Z10.2, Z10.3, Z10.4, Z10.5, IMO resolution ИМО 744(18) with amendments
- Assessing the ship stability as per the Register Rules in the course of classification
Inshore waters of Kamchatka will be cleared of scrap metal. Three multipurpose vessels from Primorye are already at place ready to start the task. One of the vessels also will deliver cargoes to remote areas, as reports Kam24. Two offshore barges, the Denis Vetchinov and the Anatoly Karyakin, are based on landing ships. They were constructed two years ago, specially for works on preparation for the Asian-Pacific Economic Summit in the Primorsky Krai. Thanks to the special structure, vessels can stop not only on the berth, but also in the unequipped shore. These vessels are of ice class and can operate year-round in sea areas.
Defence order for shipbuilding in the Far East was increased by 50 per cent this year. This was reported by Viktor Ishaev, the Minister of Far East Development is the Plenipotentiary of the Russian President in the Far East Federal District. Also, Mr. Ishaev noted that the increase in the defence order for shipbuilding occurred almost throughout the whole district. Primorsky Krai, for example, increased the defence order almost twice. However, the order in Khabarovsk Territory was reduced by 18 per cent. The plenipotentiary specified that today, twenty-three shipbuilders work in the Far East. Sixteen of them are in the Primorsky Krai, five in the Khabarovsk Territory, one in the Kamchatka Territory and one in the Amur Region.
On 19 August, the second Spasatel Kavdeikin multipurpose rescue vessel of Type MPSV07 (power 4MW) was handed over to the customer. According to the state contract, the acceptance certificate was signed in Murmansk, as reports the press office of Nevsky Shipyard. Vessels of Type MPSV are large and significant vessels for the country. They were built under the Federal Target Programme "Development of Transport Infrastructure of Russia for 2010 to 2015". They are of unrestricted navigation area including the Northern Sea Route.
