Dry cargo ship "Arktika-2" brought into the floating dock of "Krasnaya Kuznitsa" for repairs

The Bijlsma Trader 9000 project vessel operates in tandem with "Arktika-1"

Shipbuilders of Russia's oldest ship repair plant, "Krasnaya Kuznitsa" (Arkhangelsk), brought the dry cargo ship "Arktika-2" (Bijlsma Trader 9000 project) into the M-32 floating dock. The vessel's hull and its outer plating will be repaired.

Workers will bring the dry cargo ship's bottom-side valves and box coolers (ship cooling systems) to a normative state. The terms for the dock repair are not specified.

The universal ice-class vessel "Arktika-2" was built at a shipyard in the Netherlands in 2002. The dry cargo ship is operated by the Russian company "Eko Shipping". Its home port is Arkhangelsk. Together with "Arktika-1", the vessel carries out cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route, supplying settlements in the Far North.

Characteristics of Bijlsma Trader 9000 project vessels:

  • Deadweight — 9150 t
  • Draft — 7.2 m
  • Length — 134.6 m
  • Width — 16.5 m
  • Speed — 16 knots

The shipbuilding shipyard in Arkhangelsk was founded in 1693 by decree of Peter I. Currently, the enterprise is a branch of the "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center". For repairs, the M-32 floating dock with a lifting capacity of 9000 t, PD No. 57 and PD No. 47 with lower lifting capacities are used. "Krasnaya Kuznitsa" also performs work on large-displacement civilian vessels that carry out cargo transportation in the Arctic.

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