On 29 October, Yaroslavl Shipyard launched the buoyage vessel Yuri Nikitin of type SV2407; serial No. 156. This is the sixth ship of the type constructed for the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transportation under the Fleet Renovation programme.
Specifications:
- Russian River Registry class: - О 2.0 (ice 30) A, which means "lake, capable of moving in ice 30 cm thick and at wave height 2.0 m, automatic;
- Length: 24.75 m;
- Beam: 7.46 m;
- Depth: 2.75 m;
- Draught: 1.50 m;
- Displacement: 125 cubic metres;
- Crew: 3 in number;
- Endurance: 7 days;
- Power: 2 main engines, 261 kW.
On 29 October, Krasnoye Sormovo Plant launched the first non-self-propelled dry-cargo barge intended for shipping bulk cargoes. The construction contract for ten barges was signed in February 2013. The customer is Gazprombank Leasing. Then the barges will be handed over to P.TransCo leasing. Ten contracts were signed by three parties, Krasnoye Sormovo Plant, Gazprombank Leasing and P.TransCo, as reports the plant press service.
Specifications:
- LOA: 97.49 m
- BOA, max.: 16.15 m
- BOA: 168 m
- Midship depth: 5.34 m
- Draught: 3.6 m
- Displacement: 5 280 t
- Capacity: 4 300 t
- Barge and tug equipped with ARTICOUPLER frictional coupler by Taisei.
On 30 October, the shipbuilding plant of Port Kolomna launched the Kolomensky 1501 push-tug. This is the lead ship of a new series designed by Port Kolomna design bureau. The Kolomensky is second to none in that having such power it can move in shallow rivers.
Specifications:
- Class: М30 (sea), capable of moving at wave height 3 m
- Engine power: 1 500 hp
- Full draught: 2.5 m
- Towing up to 16 to 18 t
On 7 November, the first of the six diesel submarines of type 636 Varshavyanka (classified by NATO as Kilo) will be handed over to Vietnam, as reports i-mash. The flag raising and official signing of the acceptance certificate will took place at the beginning of 2014 in the customer's country. In mid-November, the first boat of the export series will be submerged into the lighter and then, she will sail to her future location. In December 2009, the Vietnam prime-minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced the signing of the supply contract for six Russian submarines of type 636 to the amount of about 2 billion dollars. The whole contract will have been fullfiled by 2016. Varshavyanka ships are built for Vietnam by Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg. In 2012, two boats were launched.
Since the beginning of the year, a total of 1.26 million tons of cargo has been shipped along the along the Northern sea route, as reports ITAR-TASS. Such a shipment volume is comparable with one for the whole year of 2012. According to Rosmorrechflot (Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport), in 2012 the transiting volume made up 1.2 million tons. "Since the beginning of this year no less than 51 transit passages were made as compared against 46 passages of the last year. In 2011, there were 34 passages and the volume of transportations made up 0.82 million tons," said the first deputy director general of Atomflot State Corporation Mustafa Kashka.
Verkhnekamsk Shipbuilding Company successfully handed over the second dry-cargo vessel Alexander of type 17605 and river-sea class.
According to the company press service, the ship has the following specifications:
- Type: 17605;
- Class: KM(*) Ice2 AUT1-C;
- Shipbuilder: Verkhnekamsk Shipbuilding Plant, Perm, Russia;
- Length (m): 127.34;
- Beam (m): 16.6;
- Depth (m): 6.85;
- Overall depth for 3.6 m draught and even keel (m): 13.57;
- Draught (m): 5.0 (sea); 3.60 (river);
- Speed (kt): 11.3;
- Displacement (t): 9 146;
- Deadweight (t): 6 820;
- Number and power of the main engine: two, 1 150 kW each.
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