The Khabarovsk Shipyard successfully launched the RN Ussuri tug. The tug constructed for the needs of the Rosneft company is a powerful ship of Arctic class ARC4 designed for year-round coastal voyage in sea areas at maximum roughness with a wave height up to 7 m. Apart from towing and pushing, the ship can fight fires.
Specifications
- Length: 22.73 m
- Width: 10.45 m
- Draught: 4.5 m
- Tonnage: 380 tons
- Power: 2 Caterpillar engines of 2700 kW
The SCF Yenisei tanker left for its Arctic voyage. The ship of MR standard size (deadweight 47000 t) of high ice-class Ice-1A (Arc4) will follow the Northern Sea Route to the port of Chiba, Japan, carrying light oil products on board. The Murmansk-Chiba route will be 5767 nautical miles
(56 per cent less than the distance through the Suez canal (12840 m). The tanker is chartered by Glencore company, which is becoming a partner of Sovcomflot in the long-term mutually beneficial cooperation under the joint venture of a product tanker fleet.
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