On 9 December 2021, an acceptance/delivery certificate for the first buoy tender in a series of 10 ships of Project 3052 ordered by Rechvodput and intended for inland water ways of Russia was signed at R-FLOT.
Saint-Petersburg based MT Group is the General Contractor under the state contract for building ships designed by Gorky Central Design Bureau for River Fleet.
The ships will be built under the Federal Project “Inland Water Ways” foreseen by the Comprehensive Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Core Infrastructure (CPMI) till 2024. The contract is to be fulfilled in the 4th quarter of 2022. The vessel is designed for implementation of the following tasks: placement, removal, and transportation of aids of navigation including river and lake beacons and buoys of up to type 4; on-site maintenance and repair of navigation facilities; control of the state of navigation pass at inland water ways; control of the state of navigation aids along the navigation pass; tugging of non-self-propelled crafts; transportation of cargo on working decks; harbour supply of vessels.
Fluidmecanica has carried out the design and construction of the steering gear and tunnel thruster for the 10 ships:
Main characteristics of thrusters:
– Type: electric
– Power: 33 kW
– Thrust: 4680 N
– RRR approval
Main characteristics of steering gears:
– Type: electro-hydraulic
– Power: 2.2 kW
– Torque: 2×4500 N
– RRR approval