Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch News

Boatage motor boat MZ-303 joined the fleet of the Azovo-Chernomorsky basin branch

In accordance with the order of FSUE "Rosmorport" of 08.10.2021 No. 406, the vessel MZ-303, which was previously operated by the FSUE "Rosmorport" Azov basin branch, was transferred to the economic management of the Azovo-Chernomorsky basin branch of the enterprise.

The boatage motor boat MZ-303 became the 15th vessel in the technical and dredging fleet of the Azovo-Chernomorsky basin branch and the 59th vessel in the whole fleet of the branch.

The boatage motor boat is a double-deck vessel with a bow superstructure and a middle engine room arrangement with two main engines and two fixed-pitch propellers.

This type of vessel is used for lifting, re-laying and bringing in working anchors of dredgers weighing up to 3.5 tons.

The vessel MZ-303 is equipped with a towing winch with anchor lifting and lowering mechanism with capacity up to 3.5 tons.

At present, the boatage motor boat is used at the Gelendzhik seaport as an anchor breeder during the work of the dredger Severnaya.


For reference:

The boatage motor boat MZ-303 of project No. Р-100 was built at the Taganrog Shipyard (Taganrog, USSR) in 1959.

Basic technical characteristics of the vessel:

Register class: M-PR2,5
Maximum length of the vessel: 20.18 m
Maximum width of the vessel: 6.24 m
Hull height of the vessel: 2.35 m
Draft: 1.10 m
Gross registered tonnage: 52
Cruising capacity: 16.6 days (on bilge water)
Navigation area: coastal marine areas at a wave height of 3% probability of not more than 2.5 m and a speed limit of 24 m/s
Boom with winch capacity: 3.5 tons
Power of main engine: 1 x 110 kW
Maximum speed of the vessel: 7 knots
Crew: 3 people