Rechvodput expands its fleet with new dredger

Rechvodput, Russia’s inland waterway transport authority, took delivery of a new non-self-propelled dredger Tobol recently.

The dredger, built by local company Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation, is the fifth vessel under the Project 4395 series of dredgers that were designed by naval architecture firm Stapel to perform maintenance of Russia’s inland waterways.

The vessel has a maximum dredging depth of 10m while the dredge pump can extract up to 700 cubic metres (250 cubic feet) of sediment per hour.

Also, the dredge pump has a dedicated 400kW motor. Two 1,000kW diesel generators will provide electrical power for the onboard systems during dredging operations. 

The dredger will be based in the town of Tobolsk and operated in the Ob and Irtysh Rivers in Siberia.