Upgraded vessels have started navigation in Tatarstan

Upgraded vessels have started navigation in Tatarstan

Marine Technics modernized four high-speed passenger crafts of projects 342E Meteor and 352 Voskhod in the Republic of Tatarstan. Re-equipment of other vessels continues.

In 2015 by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan decree within the programme “Restoration of interregional passenger traffic by high-speed river transport on the Middle Volga and the Upper Volga” the Ministry of Transport and Road Facility of the Republic of Tatarstan, Shipping Company Tatflot and Marine Technics launched a new project on re-equipment of project 342E Meteor. In 2015 m/v Vladimir Nefedov was refitted, in 2016 – m/v Mekhanik Kargin.

Main engines were replaced by new economically efficient MAN diesel engines the saloon, navigation and communication devices were upgraded. In this project Marine Technics acted not only as a programme and project developer and equipment supplier, but also as a contractor for installation performed by its Service Department.

Refitted vessels navigate on 140km line Kazan-Bolgary and have already featured by effectiveness and reliability of new engines, operational costs reduction, maneuverability and passenger comfort (noise and vibration reduction) improvement.

In 2017 following the results of navigation 2015-2016 it was decided to continue the programme and to upgrade two more high-speed passenger crafts of project 342E m/v Gennady Kuklev and project 352 Voskhod-51. At the end of May 2018 the vessels started sea trials; MT service engineers prepared the ships for navigation.

It is to note that over 5 years we have already reequipped 43 high-speed passenger boats by the programme “Modernization of high-speed fleet of Russia”.

The programme is successfully realized with the support of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Transport and Road of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), the Government of Tumen Oblast, the Department of Transport of KMAO-Yugra, Yamalo-Nenets AO, the Ministry of Transport of Krasnoyarsk Krai.