Russia's State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) recently took delivery of a new inland pusher tug from Cherepovets Shipbuilding Plant (CSP), a shipyard located in the city of Nizhny Novgorod in western Russia.
Ingener Singer belongs to the Project TSK.395 series of tugs built by CSP for various local operators.
The all-steel tug has an LOA of 22.3 metres, a beam of 7.4 metres, a draught of 1.5 metres, a depth of 2.84 metres, a displacement of 100 tonnes, and space for eight crewmembers. Two diesel engines with a total rated output of 440 kW deliver a service speed of just over nine knots and a maximum endurance of 108 hours, allowing the tug to sail on near-uninterrupted point-to-point voyages when pushing or towing barges even under mild winter conditions.
Another tug from the same series was delivered to STLC earlier this year. Three other sister vessels are scheduled to be handed over in 2025.