Russian inland waterway transport agency Rechvodput recently commissioned two new buoy tenders into service.
Evgeny Petrov and Nikolay Chalov belong to the Project 3050.1A series of buoy tenders, the first examples of which entered service with Rechvodput in late 2024.
The vessels will be used primarily for maintenance of buoys and other aids to navigation in inland waterways, whereas their secondary duties will include monitoring of water depths and handling of non-self-propelled barges of 400 tonnes displacement or lower via towing or pushing.
The new monohull buoy tenders were acquired as part of Rechvodput’s ongoing renewal program covering the agency’s navigation service fleet. Each has a steel hull, an aluminium superstructure, a length of 26.8 metres, a beam of 4.2 metres, a draught of only one metre, and a crew of six.
The Project 3050.1A vessels were built by Saint Petersburg-based Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant in compliance with Russian River Register requirements including those that cover vessels operating in ice 20 navigation areas.
