The fleet of the FSUE "Rosmorport" Astrakhan branch was replenished with two vessels
The fleet of the Astrakhan branch of the FSUE "Rosmorport" was replenished with a self-discharging sludge carrier Azovskaya of project R1650M and a sludge vessel Bolgradskaya of project 539.
Previously, the vessels were under the control of the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch of the FSUE “Rosmorport” and, in accordance with the order of the FSUE “Rosmorport”, were transferred to the operational control of the Astrakhan Branch.
Due to reception of these vessels the dredging fleet of the Astrakhan branch increased up to 8 vessels, and now the branch operates 35 vessels for various purposes in total.
Vessels Azovskaya and Bolgradskaya are single-deck vessels with aft tophamper and engine space, with holds with a capacity of 600 cubic meters and 500 cubic meters respectively.
The hoppers are equipped with bottom doors (dump doors) for unloading soil into the underwater heap.
The Astrakhan branch plans to use the vessels for receiving, transporting and unloading bottom soil extracted during the operation of the self-propelled multi-bucket dredger North-West 503 during dredging operations in the water area of the Volga-Caspian shipping channel.
For reference:
The self-propelling hopper Azovskaya was built at the Drobeta-Turnu Severin plant (Romania) in 1988.
Basic technical characteristics of the vessel:
| Type of vessel: | РС / КМ L2 R1 hopper |
| Maximum length: | 56,20 m |
| Overall width: | 11,0 m |
| Hull height: | 4,44 m |
| Draft: | 3,6 m |
| Gross registered tonnage: | 915 |
| Navigation area: | R1 (limited, with a distance from the place of refuge not more than 200 nautical miles) |
| Cruising capacity: | 6 days (on wastewater) |
| Quantity and volume of hold spaces: | 1 x 600 cubic meters |
| Propulsion power: | 574 kW |
| Rate of sailing: | 10 knots |
| Crew: | 10 people |
The self-propelling hopper Bolgradskaya was built at the Drobeta-Turnu Severin shipyard (Romania) in 1977.
Basic technical characteristics of the vessel:
| Type of vessel: | РС / КМ L3 R2 hopper |
| Maximum length: | 55,6 m |
| Overall width: | 10 m |
| Hull height: | 4,3 m |
| Draft: | 3,6 m |
| Gross registered tonnage: | 637 |
| Navigation area: | R2 (limited, with a distance from the place of refuge not more than 100 miles) |
| Cruising capacity: | 6 days (on wastewater) |
| Quantity and volume of hold spaces: | 1 x 500 cubic meters |
| Propulsion power: | 442 kW |
| Rate of sailing: | 7,5 knots |
| Crew: | 10 people |
