Petergof tug of Port Fleet redeployed to St Petersburg's Port Bronka
THE Petergof Port Fleet tug has been redeployed to St Petersburg's Port Bronka owing to the growing number of calls there.
"To reduce shipowners' extra costs it was decided to redeploy the tugboat to Bronka. This will allow a decrease the chargeable time of mooring operations since there is no need to shift the tugboat from the First District of the Port of St Petersburg to Port Bronka and back," said Port Fleet director general Yevgeny Savkin.
Company tugs have been assisting vessels to moor at Bronka since February 2016.
Said Port Bronka executive director Alexey Shukletso: "With the new tug service shipping lines are able to make use of the favourable navigational location of Port Bronka."
The Port Fleet Company was founded in November 1997. As of today, it performs a considerable part of service operations in the Port of St Petersburg and neighbouring ports of the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland.
The main activity of Port Fleet is operation auxiliary fleet. The company operates 20 vessels including tugs, bunkering tankers and oil barges. It can perform any tasks on comprehensive servicing of ships within and outside the Port of St Petersburg.
Port Bronka is located at the south coast of the Gulf of Finland in the area of the dam and St Petersburg ring highway connection.
Bronka includes a container terminal, a ro-ro terminal with 14.4 metres alongside as well as a logistics centre. Bronka's annual capacity today stands at 500,000 TEU and 130,000 ro-ro units. Future capacity will rise to 1.9 million TEU and 260,000 of ro-ro units.
THE Petergof Port Fleet tug has been redeployed to St Petersburg's Port Bronka owing to the growing number of calls there.
"To reduce shipowners' extra costs it was decided to redeploy the tugboat to Bronka. This will allow a decrease the chargeable time of mooring operations since there is no need to shift the tugboat from the First District of the Port of St Petersburg to Port Bronka and back," said Port Fleet director general Yevgeny Savkin.
Company tugs have been assisting vessels to moor at Bronka since February 2016.
Said Port Bronka executive director Alexey Shukletso: "With the new tug service shipping lines are able to make use of the favourable navigational location of Port Bronka."
The Port Fleet Company was founded in November 1997. As of today, it performs a considerable part of service operations in the Port of St Petersburg and neighbouring ports of the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland.
The main activity of Port Fleet is operation auxiliary fleet. The company operates 20 vessels including tugs, bunkering tankers and oil barges. It can perform any tasks on comprehensive servicing of ships within and outside the Port of St Petersburg.
Port Bronka is located at the south coast of the Gulf of Finland in the area of the dam and St Petersburg ring highway connection.
Bronka includes a container terminal, a ro-ro terminal with 14.4 metres alongside as well as a logistics centre. Bronka's annual capacity today stands at 500,000 TEU and 130,000 ro-ro units. Future capacity will rise to 1.9 million TEU and 260,000 of ro-ro units.