In the framework of preparation for the APEC-2012 summit, which will be held in September in Vladivostok at Russky Island, and in order to provide marine passenger transportation in the seaport of Vladivostok, in particular to arrange transportation of the participants of the summit to the island during the summit, FSUE “Rosmorport” leased two catamarans Penguin-32 and Penguin-33 from Penguin International Ltd. (Singapore).

In order to enable timely delivery of the catamarans to the seaport of Vladivostok, they were loaded onto a carrier, which on July 27, 2012 left the port of Singapore for Vladivostok.
It is expected, that the carrier and the catamarans will arrive at the seaport of Vladivostok in the end of the first decade of August 2012.


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These passenger two-deck vessels were built in China in 2008. Their dimensions are the following: length – 27.67 meters, width – 8.5 meters, draught – 1.5 meters. Passenger capacity of the catamarans reaches 200 people, and their maximum speed is 25 knots.