Rescue tugboat "Bakhtemir" handed over to the customer
February 13, 2025

On March 29, in St. Petersburg, after the successful completion of the tests, the acceptance certificate of the multifunctional rescue tugboat Bakhtemir, the lead vessel of the MPSV12 project, was signed. The vessel was built by Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC (Leningrad Region) for the Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue Service.

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Series:

Factory number 1201 was laid on 06/02/15, launched on 08/19/16, and transferred to Bakhtemir on 03/29/19

Factory number 1202 was laid on 06/02/15 and launched on 11/29/16.

Factory number 1203 was laid down on 03/11/16 and launched on 06/01/17.

Factory number 1204 was laid on 03/11/16 and launched on 11/30/17.

The design of the vessel was developed by the Marine Engineering Bureau (Ukraine), the vessel is designed to search for and assist ships in distress, tow ships and offshore facilities, extinguish fires on ships and coastal facilities, conduct underwater technical and diving operations onup to 60 meters deep, bottom surveys and sunken objects with the help of a remote-controlled uninhabited vehicle, evacuation and assistance to crews of emergency vessels, as well as to eliminate emergency oil and petroleum product spills.

Technical specifications:

The main dimensions are: length 79.8 m, width 17.4 m, draft 4.5 m.

Maximum running speed: 14 knots

Autonomy: 30 days

Cruising range: 4,000 miles.

The crew consists of 12 people and 87 rescued

The vessel has an Arc 5 ice class

The vessel has a tow winch, an electrohydraulic crane with a lifting capacity of 24 tons, fire extinguishing equipment, a mobile diving station and a remote-controlled uninhabited deep-sea vehicle with a diving depth of up to 3,000 meters.