Modernization of speed passenger fleet in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug

“Meteors” with new hearts start to run” – that were head-lines of broadcasting company “Ugra” on May 19, 2014. This became one of the main news of the May in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

It is the second year of a large-scale speed passenger fleet modernization in the region, which is carried out with the support of the Government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra and the Government of the Tyumen Oblast. This program is extremely important for this region, since water transport in Ugra is very essential. Every year it is used by more than three hundred thousand passengers. This year three dozen passenger routes will open, which are going to cover more than a hundred of centers of population. With this passenger traffic reliability of river vessels is very important. Sometimes vessels have to moor 20 times per flight.

During two years “Marine Technics” Group has carried out modernization of 7 speed passenger vessels: old engines were replaced with modern economical MAN engines, new shafts and propellers were installed.

In 2013 two vessels “Meteo” were modernized. During navigation period the vessels operated at maximum load, passing up to 700 kilometers per flight. New engines operated good, without a single malfunction, and only fuel savings made up 600 000 rubles per engine. 

Marina Kamynina, Director of passenger traffic of “Severrechflot”: “Our primary goal is to improve the technical reliability of vessels to avoid any disruptions or delays, or damages during the flight. Vessels with MAN engines did not have any problems in the past year, fuel economy for each engine made up about 600 000 rubles. This is a very good financial result this year, the work continues”.

Results of the first navigation were found successful and in 2014 5 more modernized high-speed passenger vessels “Meteor”, “Voskhod”, “Zarya”, “Linda” start to operate.

Marina Kamynina, Director of passenger traffic “Severrechflot”: “Today service specialists install new engines and withing the next few days the vessels will go on trial routes. Yesterday “Zarya” has already started operation and showed excellent results, soon it will run on the route of the Khanty-Mansiysk – Kondinskoye”.

Representatives of the “Marine Technics” Group have attended the trials of modernized vessels and were convinced of the reliability of the “new hearts.”

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Since 2012 “Marine Technics” Group has started the program “Modernization of speed fleet of Russia”. The main objectives of this program are:
1) Improving the safety and reliability of high-speed passenger transport
2) Increasing passenger comfort
3) Improving ecological friendliness of vessels operating on inland waterways.
4) Extending the operating life of vessel
5) Improving the efficiency of passenger transportation
14 high-speed passenger vessel have already been modernized.
Modernization of speed passenger fleet in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug