Unique Towing in Kaliningrad: Rosmorport Pilots Guide the Barge "Yuri Kuvykin" with a Giant Platform Through the Canal

The operation required scientific modeling and high precision control

On July 14, pilots from the North-Western branch of Rosmorport carried out a unique operation — towing the barge "Yuri Kuvykin" with the upper structure of an offshore ice-resistant platform, the dimensions of which were twice the size of the permissible vessels for the Kaliningrad Sea Canal.

The operation required serious preparation: specialists from the Central Research Institute of the Merchant Marine (CNIIMF) conducted a scientific justification for the towing, and the Krylov State Research Centre simulated the maneuvers on a simulator. The route length was 14 nautical miles — from the berth to the exit into the Baltic Sea.

Thanks to the work of pilots Dmitry Budenny, Evgeny Shaforostov, and Alexander Kotlyarov, as well as the coordination of the tug crews, the operation was carried out safely and exactly according to plan.

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