MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. The Project 3262 icebreaker-type tugboat Narvskaya Zastava, designed for the waters of St. Petersburg, has been launched at the Nobel Brothers Shipyard, the Kalashnikov Group reported.
"A significant event took place at Nobel Brothers Shipyard LLC (part of the Kalashnikov Group): the ceremonial launch of the Project 3262 icebreaker-type tugboat Narvskaya Zastava from the slipway into the water," the company said in a statement.
It noted that the event was attended by Kalashnikov Group CEO, board member of the Union of Russian Machine-Building Enterprises Alan Lushnikov, Kalashnikiov Group’s shipbuilding division director Alexander Navolotsky, Nobel Brothers Shipyard CEO Alexander Tsurganov, and Kirill Soloveichik, chairman of the St. Petersburg environmental protection and safety committee.
"The construction of this tugboat has enhanced and strengthened the expertise of the specialists at the Nobel Brothers Shipyard specifically in the construction of ice-class vessels. First and foremost, this expertise includes working with cold-resistant steels, thick-gauge steels, and specialized welding techniques. I am confident that the expertise gained by the shipyard’s team during the construction of the tugboat will undoubtedly grow and be in high demand when building vessels of a similar class," the Kalashnikov Group head said in his speech.
