Снимут с мели, потушат пожары: российские буксиры «Бодрый» и «Мощный» прибыли в Азово-Черноморский бассейновый филиал

FSUE "Rosmorport" announces the replenishment of its fleet in the Azov-Black Sea Basin Branch. These are the "Azot" and "Togliattiazot" tugboats of Project 90600, which have been renamed "Bodry" and "Moshchny". The vessels have already arrived at their place of service.

According to the Azov-Black Sea Basin Branch of Rosmorport, the tugs became the 76th and 77th vessels in the organization's fleet. After restoration repairs in the scope of the next survey, they will begin to operate in the waters of seaports located on the coast of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait.

Project 90600

Tugs of Project 90600 are built at the Leningrad Shipyard "Pella". These are steel single-deck vessels with a midships location of the wheelhouse and an aft location of the engine room. They have ice reinforcements of the hull and propeller-rudder group, therefore they can even navigate in sparse ice with a thickness of level ice up to 0.8 m.

Tugs of this project are designed for:

performing towing and berthing operations in the port, at roadsteads and in coastal areas;
refloating ships and vessels;
firefighting and oil spill response.

Also, according to the Ministry of Defense, vessels of Project 90600 can perform "other functions".

Characteristics of the vessel of Project 90600:

length overall, m — 25.4;

width overall, m — 8.8;

draft, m — 3.9;

bollard pull, t — not less than 23;

propulsion complex — 2 rudder propellers with fixed pitch propellers in a nozzle;

main engine, kW — 2 x 735;

speed, knots — about 11.5;

crew, people — 8.

Currently, more than twenty such tugs have already left the Pella shipyards. Some of them are on the balance sheet of the Baltic Fleet, some are with JSC "Sevmash-Shelf" and other customers.