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Experience and competencies sors, fittings, lifting gear and other shipboard equip-
ment, fabrication and assembly of steel structures,
Krasnaya Kuznitsa, Optimist Group, Arkhangelsk manufacture of water-jet propellers, nondestructive
Trawl Fleet Maintenance Base, Pomorskaya Shipyard, testing of components, hull plating, welds and steel
and Arkhangelsk Fleet Repair and Maintenance Base structures. The company owns three floating docks
represent the major local ship repair enterprises in the with a lifting capacity of 860 up to 9,000 tons. Fixed
region. With their well-developed facilities and many quays with cranes and storage facilities have been
years of experience in servicing ships of various types, built along the coastline for berthing vessels, ships
including Arctic-class vessels, Arkhangelsk compa- and floating docks with a total length of 1,200 metres
nies have established themselves as reliable partners and alongside depths of up to 7.5 metres.
capable of carrying out all types of ship repairs in a The Optimist group of companies also carries out
timely manner: factory repairs with docking, dock- repair and modernization of ships with deadweight
ing with associated work, ship modernization, post- up to 9 thousand tons, including in two own docks
voyage repair and maintenance. (deadweight 250 and 540 tons), provides repair of all
The list of services offered by Arkhangelsk ship- types of propeller-rods, rudder and thruster devic-
yards includes a full range of works for presenting es, fittings, pumps, generators and other ship systems
ships to classification societies, and mechanisms, installation and adjustment of elec-
including inspection of hull and trical equipment, hull repair, surface treatment and
propeller group in dock, as well painting of ships. The equipment of the dredging fleet
«Красная Кузница» входит as all types of repairs to power vessels is being repaired. The company maintains,
в состав «Объединенной units, deck and auxiliary equip- surveys, repairs, inspects and tests lifeboats, launch-
судостроительной корпорации» ment. Specialists of the shipyards ing gear and recoil tongs. The company also carries
take the field work to carry out ma-
out refitting and modernisation of ships of various
и является архангельским chinery defects and assist in draw- purposes according to shipowner projects, installa-
филиалом северодвинской ing up repair lists in order to mi- tion of technological systems and automation, deck
«Звездочки» nimise costs for the shipowner and cranes and other machinery. Over the past fifteen
years, several projects have been implemented to re-
shorten the repair period. The field
Krasnaya Kuznitsa is a part of the work at the customer’s premises is fit ships of various types: tugboats, cargo and pas-
United Shipbuilding Corporation widespread as well as the provi- senger ships and others. State-of-the-art software and
and is the Arkhangelsk branch of sion of additional services relat- highly qualified specialists make it possible to create
ed to repairs in Arkhangelsk: ves-
a mathematical model of the ship’s hull and to carry
Zvyozdochka enterprise. sel agencying, supplying, ordering out a range of calculations for ship statics and hull
and supplying spare parts, provid- strength in a very short time. The company has de-
ing crews with accommodation veloped standards for types of ship repair work. There
and catering, and the possibility is an in-house testing laboratory, which performs a
SOZVEZDYE #36 of ship’s stay on favourable terms – all to ensure the range of measurements and non-destructive testing
customer’s comfort. methods; the laboratory has been certified by the Rus-
sian Maritime Register of Shipping. The group is well
развитие Solombala shipyards known in the market and is developing cooperation
with shipowners from the Arkhangelsk region and
development Krasnaya Kuznitsa is a part of the United Ship- other ones across the country.
building Corporation and is the Arkhangelsk branch The Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet Maintenance Base
of the Zvyozdochka enterprise. Being the oldest ship- (BTO) originally specialised in the repair of fishing
yard in Russia, Krasnaya Kuznitsa traces its histo- vessels, but today it performs its work for a wide range
ry back to 1693. Today the yard offers a wide range of shipowners. The infrastructure of the BTO includes
34 of services, including dock repairs of vessels up to a hull-welding shop, a machining shop, warehousing
facilities, a forge and rubber goods workshop, an ex-
9,000 tonnes, repairs of engines, pumps, compres-