For the 32nd time, HANSA has issued its annual award »Ship of the Year«
for the German shipbuilding market. This time, Nordic Yards Group is honoured for the multipurpose research and salvage vessel »Murman«
The newbuilding is one of two vessels, the Russian Ministry of Transport has ordered with the group with yards in[ds_preview] Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund in December 2012. The construction of both »Murman« and »Beringov Proliv« started in September 2013.
Determining factors for the award are the hightech equipment and the design, which enable the vessel for a variety of applications. The »Murman« will be used by Russia’s sea rescue service Rosmorrechflot for patrols and rescue operations in the Northeast Passage around Murmansk and is therefore as well a symbol of the modernization trend in the Russian arctic fleet.
The »Murman« is now following the German research vessel »Sonne«, for which HANSA awarded the Meyer Werft in 2014.
It has a length of 87.75m, a width of 18.50m, a draught of 6.50m and features ice class 6, which enables it to break through ice of a thickness of up to 1m at a speed of 1.5kn. Even under extreme weather conditions the sister vessels can carry out search and rescue missions as well as emergency towing, fire fighting and oil response operations.
The order is the result of Nordic Yards’ strong focus on the Russian market. Owner and Managing Director Vitaly Yusufov had this in mind when he took over the insolvent Wadan Yards in Wismar and Warnemünde in 2009. Notwithstanding the economic challenges Russia is facing, the country’s maritime agenda shows huge potential for the national and international shipbuilding market. Before the start of Nordic Yards, the three shipyards delivered more than 2,500 vessels, 1,600 of them to Russia.
