The Silnaya self-propelled hopper barge with the hold amount of 600 cubic meters has been transferred to the FSUE “Rosmorport” Makhachkala Branch.

The barge became the sixth vessel of the Makhachkala Branch technical and dredging fleet and the eight vessel of the whole fleet.

The Silnaya self-propelled barge of HB-600 project was built at the Onego Shipyard (Petrozavodsk, Russia) in December 2018. It is the second vessel among four such barges built by order of FSUE “Rosmorport”.

The barge is designed for operating as part of dredging convoys with mechanical or grabbing dredges while carrying out dredging operations for transportation of excavated soil to unloading sites. Soil is   unloaded through bottom doors. The main engines are in the stern of the vessel in protection containers, which allow for operatively servicing and replacing aggregate mechanisms. Rudder propellers are on the outside of the hull which allows to examine them and make repairs without docking the barge.

The Makhachkala Branch is planning to use the self-propelled barge together with the Dnestr multi-bucket dredger to carry out dredging operations in the water area of the seaport of Makhachkala.

Key particulars of the vessel:

Class:	КМ  Iсе1 R3-RSN AUT3 Hopper
Total length, m:	56.1
Total breadth, m:	11.2
Hull height, m;	4.0
Freeboard draft, m:	2.92
Hopper capacity on top of coaming, sq. m:	600
Gross capacity in tons:	820
Sailing rate, knots:	8.2
Main engines power, kW:	2х350
Crew, people:	3
Endurance by water and food reserves, days:	5