The innovative dual-fuel automobile and railway ferry General Chernyakhovsky has successfully passed the annual inspection of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, confirming the category of semi-autonomous vessel RCmc-MCDs, as well as the validity of the certificate of marine autonomous and remotely controlled surface vessel (MASV).

The MASV certificate of conformity has also been confirmed for the MASV Remote Control Center (RCC), which is located on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg and is designed to provide an autonomous vessel control mode.

In the course of the work carried out by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, the task was to certify the declared technical characteristics of autonomous navigation systems and the ability to control the vessel remotely from the RCC.

General Chernyakhovsky ferry, as well as Marshal Rokossovsky, a vessel with the same characteristics, began work on the ferry line “Seaport of Ust–Luga – seaport of Kaliningrad” in 2022 in order to ensure stable transport communication between the Kaliningrad Region and the main territory of Russia.

In 2023, after refitting and testing under the federal project "Autonomous Navigation", ferries were the first in Russia to receive MASV certificates and began operating in remote control mode using autonomous navigation tools. The vessel is operated by an external captain from the RCC, and there is a crew on board, whose presence is necessary for insurance in case of an emergency situation.

Currently, since being equipped with autonomous navigation systems, ferries Marshal Rokossovsky and General Chernyakhovsky have transported about 1,800 thousand tons of cargo, 1,618 passengers and traveled more than 200 thousand nautical miles.

FSUE "Rosmorport" continues to work on the implementation of autonomous navigation systems on vessels. This year, the enterprise began work on refitting the autonomous navigation system of the ecological vessel Koporye and the introduction of a remote control for a marine autonomous surface vessel in the RCC.