The trans - shelf is a docking vessel designed to transport oversized cargo. Built in 1989 , the ship was the record holder of the time with a deadweight of 40,000 tons . For loading, the Trans-Shelf plunges to a level at which the cargo deck is 13 meters below the waterline.
| Transshelf | |
|---|---|
| Trans-shelf (before 2004) | |
| Flag |  USSR →  Russia →  Curacao [1] |
| Class and type of vessel | Dock ship |
| Port of registry | Kholmsk (before 2004), Willemstad |
| Operator | Dockock shipping |
| Manufacturer | Finland , Turku , shipyard Vyartsilya |
| Launched | 1987 |
| Commissioned | 1989 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 46,379 tons |
| Length | 173 meters |
| Width | 40 meters |
Operation
The TransShelf was built at the Värtsilä shipyard in Turku ( Finland ) for the Soviet Union . The forerunner of the vessel was the Dutch ship Mighty Servant with a deadweight of 26,000 tons. The largest ship of this type at the time of construction was Dyvi Swan , built in 1980 in Norway at the shipyard Jan Erik Dyvi . The TransShelf with a deadweight of 40,000 tons became the largest ship of its kind of its time.
Launching the ship became a very solemn ceremony. The godmother of the ship was the wife of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers N. I. Ryzhkov L. S. Ryzhkov . The ceremony was attended by seven directors of the Värtsilä shipyard in Turku, Finnish Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa and the USSR Consul General in Turku Mayorov. The vessel was received by captain E. A. Simonyan , B. K. Erofeev became the chief mechanic of the vessel [1] .
TransShelf worked in the Far East , and Kholmsk became a home port. Since 1997, it was leased to Weissmuller , then rented to Dockwise .
In 1999, the Black Marlin was built with a deadweight of 57,000 tons and the TransShelf ceased to be the largest ship of this type. As of the end of 2011, this vessel is the third in the world after the Blue Marlin with a deadweight of 57,000 tons and the Black Marlin . All listed vessels are the property of the Dutch company Dockwise , and they are serviced by the Anglo-Eastern Group .
The trans-shelf became the property of the Dutch company Dockwise Shipping in 2004. Since July 23, 2004 the name was changed to Transshelf and the port of registry became Willemstad [1] .
Most famous flights
The trans-shelf during its work transported various oversized cargo . Several ship trips were important for the country's economy and caused a stir in the media:
- In 2006, for the first time in Russia and the USSR, transportation of submarines for disposal was used. This technology has become a safe alternative to the transportation used in tow until this point or delivered for disposal on its own [2] .
- In 2007, three such flights were carried out: two submarines “Salmon” were delivered from Murmansk to Severodvinsk , and a submarine “Kit” was delivered from Gremikha [3] .
- In 2009, two nuclear submarines of the Schuka type were transported from Vilyuchinsk to the Far Eastern Zvezda plant [2] .
- In 2011, the Kolskaya floating drilling rig from Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka was delivered from Murmansk to Magadan. The route of the transoceanic operation passed through the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, its length was 19,000 nautical miles, which were covered from May to August [4] .
- In September 2014, two nuclear submarines of the Pacific Fleet Bratsk and Samara were delivered from Kamchatka to Severodvinsk along the Northern Sea Route [5] .
- In September 2017, 12 three-compartment blocks of utilized nuclear submarines were delivered from Vilyuchinsk to Primorye (to Razboinik Bay) [6] [7] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 TX TRANSFER SHELF unopened (inaccessible link) . - Ship's card. Date of treatment December 30, 2011. Archived February 2, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Two nuclear submarines (News), Vesti Primorye (July 8, 2009, 12:23) are transported to the Zvezda plant for disposal . Date of treatment December 30, 2011.
- ↑ A unique operation was carried out to transport two nuclear submarines using a transport carrier ship , Rosatom (July 10, 2009, 14:29). Date of treatment December 31, 2011.
- ↑ Shcherbakova, Lyudmila . The TransShelf motor ship delivered a floating drilling rig to Magadan , RIA Novosti (August 3, 2011). Date of treatment December 30, 2011.
- ↑ The TransShelf ship with two nuclear submarines on board arrived in Severodvinsk. Video . Northern Week (September 28, 2014).
- ↑ Elena Shtylina. 12 reactor units of nuclear submarines decommissioned from the Navy delivered to Primorye . News (September 26, 2017). Date of appeal October 24, 2017.
- ↑ Rosatom removed 12 reactor blocks of dismantled nuclear submarines from Kamchatka . nuclear-submarine-decommissioning.ru (October 5, 2017). Date of appeal October 24, 2017.