Dredging Services

2. Procedure for rendering dredging services

1. General information

The FSUE “Rosmorport” Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch renders dredging services to all interested organizations on the contract base (if any vessels of the Branch’s dredging fleet are available) at operational waters of berths, in the areas of anchoring stations and particular locations of the water areas of the seaports of Eysk, Kavkaz, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Taman, Temryuk, and Tuapse.

Dredging services in the seaports are rendered from December to February by using the dredging fleet of the Branch consisting of:

- the Severnaya dredger equipped with the shackle dredge system and designed for making slots in open and protected water areas with the accuracy of the forming in depth of up to 0.3 meters and in breadth when ensuring necessary sensitivity of edge ranges of up to 3.0 meters;

- the Kadosh dredger equipped with the suction drag head and the dredger bucket of I-III groups by development difficulty, independently transporting excavated soil to the site of offloading, unloading soil through bottom doors from the bulge, unloading soil ashore through the forward nozzle to the shore discharge pipe, as well as by the Rainbow method with the discharge distance of about 60 meters;

- the Sommers self-propelled holder dredger equipped with a trailing suction dredger and a clamshell intended for extracting bottom of I-III groups by development difficulty, independently transporting extracted bottom to the site of unloading, for unloading bottom through bottom doors from the bulge, for unloading bottom ashore through the forward nozzle to the shore discharge pipe, as well as by the Rainbow method with the discharge distance of about 60 meters;;

- the Redut dredger that is a Liebher-992 hydraulic excavator mounted on a pnoton with three support pillars, equipped with three bulges of 2.7, 3.1, and 3.3 cubic meters in volume, for dredging soil of I-V groups by development difficulty;

- the Morskaya self-propelled mud boat with the hold volume of 600 cubic meters used for transporting cultivated soil to an established area of the underwater dump and dumping it through bottom doors (hatches);

- the Trudovaya self-propelled mud boat with the hold volume of 600 cubic meters. It is used for transporting cultivated soil to an established area of the underwater bund and dumping it through bottom doors (hatches);

- the Rabochaya self-propelled mud boat with the hold volume of 840 cubic meters. It is used for transporting cultivated soil to an established area of the underwater bund and dumping it through bottom doors (hatches).

FSUE “Rosmorport” Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch Dredging Vessels Fleet Key Particulars

Vessel picture
Vessel length, m	63.60
Vessel breadth, m	12.0
Hull height, m	4.5
Maximum draft/ minimum draft, m	3.65/3.45
Sailing rate, knots	8
Deadweight, tons	355
Displacement, tons	1,534
Sea area	R1
Endurance, days	15
Hold compartment capacity, m³	-
Capacity by soil, m³/hour	400
Minimal/ maximal soil suction depth, m	3/16
Additional equipment and parameters	The cargo crane with the maximum lifting capacity of 10.5 tons. The loading boom with the lifting capacity of 2.5 tons

Vessel picture
Vessel length, m	62.05
Vessel breadth, m	14.0
Hull height, m	5.0
Maximum/ minimum draft, m	3.15/4.25
Sailing rate, knots	10.5
Deadweight, tons	499
Displacement, tons	1,663
Sea area	R1
Endurance, days	14
Hold compartment capacity, m³	1,000
Capacity by soil, m³/hour	4,500
Minimal/ maximal suction depth, m	4/20
Refueling distance, m	60-Rainbow 1500-shore pipe
Bulge filling time, hours	Depending on soil density
Additional equipment and parameters	Cargo crane with maximum lifting capacity of 12 tons, two hydraulic manipulators with lifting capacity of 4.2 tons and 3.5 tons

Vessel photo
Vessel Class	KM(*) Ice1 R1 AUT2 Hopper Dredger
Vessel length, m	62,0
Vessel breadth, m	14,0
Height, m	5,0
Maximal/minimal draft, m	6,95/4,25
Speed, knots	10
Deadweight, tons	1400
Sea area	R1 (navigation in sea areas with the removal from the site of shelter no more than 200 miles)
Endurance, days	15 (by water and provision reserves)
Hold compartment capacity, m³	1 000
Gross capacity, tons	1 663
Capacity by sediments, m³/h	4 500 on water up to 500-600 on soils of the second group
Minimal/maximal bottom suction depth, m	4/20
Additional equipment and parameters	The vessel is equipped with the clampshell crane with maximum capacity of 12 tons, the volume of grappler of 3,8 m³ by two hydraulic cranes, capacity of three tons. The vessel is also equipped with a wooden device consisting of two piles 13,5 m in length lower the bottom of the vessel with the lifting gear designed for keeping the vessel in position when operating with the clampshell crane.

Vessel picture
Vessel class	К R3 Dredger
Vessel length, m	37
Vessel breadth, m	15
Высота борта, м	3
Minimum/ maximum draft, m	2,15/2,1
Sailing rate, knots	not self-propelled
Deadweight, tons	56
Sea area	R3 (port and mooring waters)
Endurance, days	15 days (by fresh water reserves)
Hold compartment capacity, m³	–
Gross tonnage, tons	359
Capacity by soil, m³/hour	400
Minimal/ maximal suction depth, m	3/17
Additional equipment and parameters	The vessel is equipped with: - 3 bulges of 2,7 m³, 3,1 m³ and 5,6 m³in volume; - two removable handles of 7.45 m и 3.65 m in length; - two arms 11,5 m and 14 m in length, using which allows for measuring the depth of soil excavation. - Atlas AK 6000 crane, with lifting capacity of 2 tons

Vessel picture
Vessel class	КМ Iсе1 R3-RSN AUT3 Hopper
Vessel length, m	56.1
Vessel breadth, m	11.2
Hull height, m	4.0
Draft, m	3.04
Sailing rate, knots	8.2
Deadweight, tons	1.102
Sea area	R3-RSN (navigation in sea area at a distance of no more than 50 miles from the place of refuge)
Endurance, days	5 (by water and food reserves)
Hold compartment capacity, m³	600
Gross tonnage	832

Vessel picture
Vessel class	КМ Ice1 R3-RSN AUT3 Hopper
Vessel length, m	56.1
Vessel breadth, m	11.2
Hull height, m	4.0
Draft, m	2.9
Sailing rate, knots	7.1
Deadweight, tons	1,102
Sea area	R3-RSN (navigation in sea area at a distance of no more than 50 miles from the place of refuge)
Endurance, days	5 (by water and food reserves)
Hold compartment capacity, m³	600
Gross tonnage, tons	832

Vessel picture
Vessel class	КМ Ice1 R3-RSN AUT3 Hopper
Vessel length, m	67.1
Vessel breadth, m	11.2
Hull height, m	4.0
Draft, m	3.0
Sailing rate, knots	6.9
Deadweight, tons	1,222
Sea area	R3-RSN (navigation in sea area at a distance of no more than 50 miles from the place of refuge)
Endurance, days	5 (by water and food reserves)
Hold compartment capacity, m³	840
Gross tonnage, tons	977

Dredging operations are carried out by the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch based on Certificate of Membership in the Self-Regulatory Organization, “Interregional Group of Organizations of Special Construction”, No 402 dated May 03, 2017 and in accordance with the requirements:

– Regulatory Document 31.74.08-94 “Technical Regulations for Carrying Out Maritime Dredging Operations”;

– Regulatory Document 31.74.04-2002 “Technology of surveying works in dredging operations and in depth control for navigation safety of vessels in the seaports and on the approaches toward them”;

– Regulatory Document 31.74.09-96 “The norms on maritime dredging operations”;

– StO 14649425-0005-2019 “Performing dredging works in seaports and on approaches to them”.

2. Procedure for rendering dredging services

The Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch renders dredging services to all concerned persons based on concluding a contract on carrying out dredging operations (hereinafter referred to as the Contract).

In order to sign the Contract, a customer shall send a request to the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch by fax +7 (8617) 67-64-00 or a scan by email mail@nvr.rosmorport.ru. The request will be considered within a month and in the absence of technical restrictions to render the stated services, and upon submission of all required documents for concluding the Contract, the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch sends two copies of the Contract to a customer for signing or a motivated refusal to conclude the Contract. The Contract concluded by a customer should be returned to the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch within 10 days (within a month for a foreign customer) by mail or by courier at: 19 Sovetov St., Novorossiysk, Russia 353900.

Dredging services are rendered by the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch according to the procedure and on the terms of the signed Contract.

Information on the price of dredging operations carried out by the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch can be found in the Section, “Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch Harbor Dues and Tariffs”.

3. Statistical information

Information on the amount of dredging operations carried out by the resources and manpower of the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch.

Year	Amount of carried out dredging operations, thousand cubic meters
2014-2019 ⇲
2014	331.3
2015	651.1
2016	730.0
2017	393.9
2018	264.4
2019	474.1
2020	441.1
2021	439.3
2022	475.0
2023	550.8

4. Contacts

For additional information on the procedure for carrying out dredging operations by the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch you can address the Branch Monday-Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, the break is from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. by telephone:

+ 7 (8617) 67-64-01

or send a request by fax + 7 (8617) 67-64-00 or by email mail@nvr.rosmorport.ru