The Artemiy Volinskiy dredger has been accepted for operation in the Astrakhan Branch. This is a non-self-propelled dredger, without a hold for soil, with a 600 meters floating pipeline and the maximum suction depth of 18 meters, which is designed for repair dredging.

The dredger was built in 2012-2013 at IHC Beaver Dredgers B.V. (the Netherlands) by order of FSUE “Rosmorport”. In October 2013 parts of the vessel were delivered to Astrakhan by water transport, after which the manufacturer performed assembling of the dredger.

In November 2013 the Artemiy Volynskiy successfully underwent joint sea trials conducted by the manufacturer and the experts of the Astrakhan Branch in the dredging area near the 125-136 km of the Volga-Caspian sea canal. During the trials the crew underwent training and mastered the skills of working with contemporary high-tech equipment. In the end, the highest performance of dredging equipment was reached, which will help the Astrakhan Branch to be more efficient in maintaining the guaranteed depths of the Volga-Caspian sea canal.

At present the Artemiy Volinskiy dredger is performing repair dredging works at the Volga-Caspian sea canal with the aim to reach the estimated dimensions of the canal and provide navigation safety during winter navigation 2013-2014.
 

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The Artemiy Volynskiy dredger was named after Artemiy Petrovich Volynskiy (1689-1740), the first governor of Astrakhan, wich participated in creation of the Caspian navy and contributed to the development of the Russian state.
 
General characteristics:
Vessel class – К R3 Dredger;
Vessel length (ladder lifted) – 58 meters;
Length of side pontoons – 43,5 meters;
Hull width – 12,4 meters;
Board height – 2,97 meters;
Average draught – 2,97 meters;
Maximum suction depth – 18,0 meters;
Inner diameter of suction pipe– 600 milimeters;
Maximum diesel power for suction pipe at 1600 rpm – 1825 kWt;
Auxiliary diesel power at 1800 rpm – 994 kWt;
Power of cutter drive shaft at 30 rpm – 700 kWt.