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Arkhangelsk Oblast’s

major ship repair facilities

Krasnaya Kuznitsa Pomorskaya Sudoverf
A member of the United Shipbuilding Corpora- Established in 2008 in place of the Arkhangelsk
tion owned by Severodvinsk-based Zvyozdochka, Shipbreaking Yard, Pomorskaya Sudoverf is a pro-
Krasnaya Kuznitsa offers a wide range of services, in- vider of diverse range of services relating to repairs,
cluding dock repairs on 9,000 DWT ships; repairs on maintenance, conversion and disposal of ships. Its
engines, pumps, compressors, fittings, lifting mecha- ship-lifting capacity enables parallel accommodation
nisms and other shipborne equipment; metal struc- of six ships with length of up to 115 meters, breadth
tures manufacture and assembly; manufacture of up to 20 meters, and light ship weight of up to 3,000
water jet propellers; non-destructive testing of com- tons. The mooring line has a length of 250 meters.
ponents, hull plating, welds and metal structures. The This company provides repairs within its own prem-
company owns three floating docks with a lifting ca- ises or using the capacity of Arkhangelsk-based ter-
pacity from 860 to 9,000 tons. Its 1,200-meter-long minals.
berthing line has approach depths of up to 7.5 meters,
with berths installed with cranes and storage facilities Volna-Service
for handling of ships and floating docks.
Volna-Service offers a wide range of ship repair,
Optimist maintenance and modernization services. These in-
clude hull cleaning, painting and repairs; repair and
In the delivery of ship repairs and modernization, maintenance of main and auxiliary diesel engines,
Optimist uses its own resources that include a float- mechanisms, shipborne systems, electrical equipment
ing dock. Among components it provides repairs to and automation; pipelaying; knotting and splicing;
are all types of propeller-rudder systems, propeller and fire-fighting systems servicing. For several years
shafts, thrusters, fittings, pumps, engines, generators, now, Volna-Service acts as maintenance provider to
among other shipborne mechanisms and systems. Sevmash-owned auxiliary ships. It holds all licenses
Optimist offers electrical equipment installation and required for servicing military customers.
adjustment, hull repairs, surface treatment and paint-
ing, servicing both merchant and supply ships, refit- Laisky Ship Repair Yard
ting ships of various designs according to shipowners
specification, and installing ships with deck cranes, Located at the confluence of the Laya and the
automation technologies and related mechanisms. Northern Dvina River, Laisky Ship Repair Yard is
Over the past fifteen years, Optimist delivered a se- Arkhangelsk Oblast’s only privately-owned yard with
ries conversion projects to tugboats, cargo carriers a dry dock. The yard provides repairs to sea and river
and passenger ships. tugs, dry cargo carriers and tankers with deadweight
of up to 3,000 tons. With hull repairs workshop, ma-
Arkhangelsk Trawler Fleet Maintenance Base chining shop, electrical shop and related facilities,
Laisky Ship Repair Yard offers a range of services in-
Initially designed to repair fishing vessels, ATF cluding renovation and construction of ice-reinforced
MB services a wide range of shipowners. It facilities vessels with a draft of up to 5.2 meters.
include hull repairs workshop, machining shop, stor-
age sites, forge, rubber products manufacture, exten- SSK-Protect
sive machine park, design bureau, and a 360-meter-
long berthing line capable of accommodating vessels With service range including metaling coating,
with a draft of up to 7.5 meters. With a 2,500-ton-ca- fireproofing, anticorrosive treatment and painting of
pacity year-round dock, ATF MB is suitable for ships vessels, metal, concrete, wooden structures, tanks and
with a draft of up to 7.5 meters, length of up to 87 me- pipelines, SSK-Protect acted as contractor for build-
ters and breadth of up to 19 meters, providing the re- ing Prirazlomnaya and Arkticheskaya drilling plat-
pairs in prompt manner eve in extreme weather. The forms and the Crimean Bridge. It currently provides
company has a vast experience in servicing shipown- metal coating to Severodvinsk-based Zvyozdochka’s
ers in Arkhangelsk Oblast and beyond. propulsion/steering units.

Arkhangelsk Fleet Maintenance Base Eltok
A multi-industry enterprise with diverse clien- Eltok specializes in repair and modernization of
tele, AFMB owns SLIP G-300, offering dock repairs marine electrical and automation systems. Its two
to vessels weighing up to 2500 tons, with length of electrical maintenance shops are housed by two ship
up to 130 meters and draught up to 3.5 meters. The repair yards in Arkhangelsk. A maintenance provider SOZVEZDYE #39
horizontal section of the SLIP is 225 meters long and to the largest shipyards in the area including Zvyoz-
50 meters wide; shipbuilding platforms have a total dochka and Sevmash, Eltok services the electrical
length of 1,300 meters. AFMB’s service range includes equipment, hydraulic systems and automated facili-
hull works; welding and hardfacing; repairs on pro- ties onboard icebreakers Dikson, Kapitan Chadaev, судостроение
peller-rudder components, seaborne machinery, pipe- Kapitan Evdokimov, and Kapitan Kosolapov. shipbuilding
lines, fittings, electrical equipment; design, assembly
and testing of volume aerosol fire extinguishing sys-
tems; cleaning and painting works. Its water area is
installed with ice-booms, offering safe winter layup.
Every winter, AFMB accommodates about 70 vessels 13
owned by northern shipowners.