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Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch purchased 5 tugboats

The Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch of FSUE "Rosmorport" purchased 5 tugboats.

The tugboats "Botik", "Bulbash", "Dokovets", "Protey" and "Khohol" were previously used for towing vessels during mooring operations in the seaports of Kavkaz and Kerch.

The Botik tugboat is a single-deck twin-screw diesel tugboat with fixed-pitch rotors, with single deck superstructure, shifted to the bow. Due to its small size and low draught, the tugboat is able to operate in shallow water areas.

The Bulbash Tugboat is a single-deck twin-screw diesel tugboat with medium superstructure location. The vessel has small overall dimensions, but high maneuverability.

The Dokovets tugboat is a single-deck diesel tugboat with winged propellers, with a two-level superstructure, located in the middle part. Due to the installed wing propellers, the tugboat has high maneuverability without loss of power when moving in any direction.

The Protey tugboat is a single-deck single-screw diesel tugboat with an adjustable pitch screw, a swivel guide nozzle, a machine compartment at the stern and a double-deck superstructure shifted to the bow. The stern location of the engine room, as well as the necessary strengthening of the hull in accordance with the requirements of the classification society allow the tugboat to work in ice conditions with ice thickness up to 40 cm.

The Khohol tugboat is a single-deck twin-screw diesel tugboat with adjustable pitch screws in the swiveling separately controlled nozzles, machine compartment in the middle part and two-level superstructure shifted to the bow. Meeting the requirements of the classification society of hull strengthening, protection of the helmsman complex give the opportunity to operate this tugboat in the seaports of the Azov-Black Sea basin all year round.

The Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch plans to use the mentioned tugboats in the seaports of Eysk (the Botik tugboat) and Temryuk (the Bulbash, the Dokovets, the Protey, the Khohol tugboats) for towing support of mooring operations with vessels in the seaports.

For more details on the terms and procedure for provision of towing services by the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch in the seaports of Eysk and Temryuk, please see the section "Towage services of the Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch".


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Main technical characteristics of the tugboats:

The Botik Tugboat of project 16341 was built in 1987 (Nakhodka, USSR).

Type of vessel: РМРС КМ (*)L3 R3 Tug;
Overall length: 16,7 m;
Overall width: 5 m;
Hull height: 2,45 m;
Draft: 1,7 m;
Gross register tonnage: 48 tons;
Sea endurance: 2 days (by fuel reserves);
Number and power of engines:    2 x 176 kW
Traction force on the hook: 11,2 tons;
Rate of sailing: 10 knots;
Crew: 6 people

The Bulbash tugboat of TG03 project was built in 2008 (Kherson, Ukraine).

Type of vessel: РМРС КМ (*)Ice R3 Tug
Overall length: 17,81 m;
Overall width: 7,4 m;
Hull height: 12,2 m;
Draft: 3 m;
Gross register tonnage: 127 tons;
Sea endurance: 6 days (by fuel reserves);
Number and power of engines:    2 х 442 kW;
Traction force on the hook: 16,3 tons;
Rate of sailing: 10 knots;
Crew: 3 people

The Dokovets tugboat of project 373M was built in 1975 (Leningrad, USSR).

Type of vessel: РМРС КМ (*)L2 R3 Tug
Overall length: 28 m;
Overall width: 6,95 m;
Hull height: 6,85 m;
Draft: 3,6 m;
Gross register tonnage: 115 tons;
Sea endurance: 4 days (by fuel reserves);
Number and power of engines:    2х450 kW
Traction force on the hook: 10,2 tons;
Rate of sailing: 10 knots;
Crew: 4 people

The Protey tugboat was built in 1981 (Odense, Denmark).

Type of vessel: РМРС КМ (*)L2 R3 Tug
Overall length: 19,5 m;
Overall width: 6,5 m;
Hull height: 3,4 m;
Draft: 2,97 m;
Gross register tonnage: 87 tons;
Sea endurance: 2 days (by fuel reserves);
Number and power of engines:    1 х 855 kW
Traction force on the hook: 15,3 tons;
Rate of sailing: 10 knots;
Crew: 12 people

The Khohol tugboat of project 04983 was built in 1989. (Gorokhovets, USSR).

Type of vessel: РМРС КМ (*)L1 R3-RSN AUT2 Tug;
Overall length: 27,64 m;
Overall width: 8,3 m;
Hull height: 4,3 m;
Draft: 3,4 m;
Gross register tonnage: 182 tons;
Sea endurance: 6 days (by fuel reserves);
Number and power of engines:    2 х 800 kW
Traction force on the hook: 20,4 tons;
Rate of sailing: 11 knots;
Crew: 6 people