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at, previously known as m/v Chibyu. The ship was in
                                                       unsatisfactory condition and required serious repairs.
                                                       It received new underwater and topside plating, deck-  «Судовладельцы,
                                                       ing, units and facilities, including main engines and deck   работающие
                                                       mechanisms. Upon completion of repairs, the vessel re-  в Арктике,
                                                       stored its class, was issued due documentation by the
                                                       Russian Maritime Register, and successfully passed in-  часто не имеют
                                                       spections by the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Pro-  налаженных
                                                       tection Agency (Rospotrebnadzor). Renamed Karat, the   контактов с
                                                       vessel was loaded with fuels and victuals and success-
                                                       fully set sail.                                  компаниями в
                                                          Another recent project is procurement for m/v Chu-  порту и не знают,
                                                       kotka in the port of Arkhangelsk, ordered by Chukot-
                                                       ka Trading Company. It involved delivery, within a very   куда обращаться
                                                       short timeline, of approximately forty barrels of oil, more   с той или иной
                                                       than ten tons of food products, rags, household chemi-  задачей»
                                                       cals, paint and other goods totaling around six tons.
                                                          In the port of Murmansk, Arctic Marine acted as   “When faced
                                                       agents for the cargo and passenger vessel Pavel Leonov.   with technical
                                                       The service package included bunkering, organization   problems while
                                                       of medical examination for the crew, and customs dec-
                                                       laration processing.                             at ports, many of
                                                          “Along with agenting and routine repairs, we wel-  the shipowners
                                                       come projects involving major overhaul,” says Semyon   operating in the
                                                       Streltsov. “Karat is not the only vessel we’ve overhauled.
                                                       The other one is trawler Santana, which had been laid up   Arctic often don’t
                                                       at Krasnaya Kuznitsa for years and for whose repairs we   know which
                                                       had teamed up with Optimist Group. Santana received
                                                       a new deck and living quarters and had safely reached   company to turn to
                                                       South Korea’s Busan to be installed with modern fish fac-  for good service”
                                                       tory.”
                                                          To provide repair services, Arctic Marine uses the
                                                       docks of shipyards in Arkhangelsk. Its repair projects in-
                                                       volve careful arrangement of work flows, hiring of ade-
                                                       quate personnel, and sourcing the equipment also from
                                                       abroad.
                                                          “When faced with technical problems while at ports,
                                                       many of the shipowners operating in the Arctic often
                                                       don’t know which company to turn to for good service,”
                                                       says Arctic Marine director. “We are a one-stop-shop
                                                       company and can deal with any technical or organiza-
                                                       tional task a ship may face while at the port. Arkhangelsk
                                                       is evolving today as an important Arctic port and cargo
                                                       transshipment center. Larger vessels are calling at it more
                                                       frequently than before. This means Arkhangelsk needs
                                                       to be able to offer better quality service, new technolo-
                                                       gies and improved repair facilities. We on our part are
                                                       doing our best to achieve this task by raising our stan-
                                                       dards to shape more advanced and civilized market for
                                                       port services.”


          sian ports to follow. The one-stop-shop service has been
          undertaken by quite a lot of companies, but there are
          many obstacles to cope with as ports are lacking repair
          premises, docks, equipment, qualified manpower. We are
          a young company and we want to change the market.
          We want to be able to offer a whole new level of service.”
             Arctic Marine teams work 24/7, 365 days a year.
          Whenever the ship should arrive at the port, the service
          will be as prompt as possible. Semyon Streltsov says the
          reason his company is able to meet deadlines at all times
          is high qualifications of his team and co-managers:
             “We have worked our way up from ordinary sailors
          and know ships from A to Z. We know all the pitfalls
          of service maintenance and repairs, and we know what
          shipowners expect from us. They expect high quality
          and we are proud of being able to offer it. To give one
          example, we have recently been servicing a foreign ves-
          sel here in Arkhangelsk port, and it turned out it had its
          desaturator board malfunctioning for four years. Four
          years! It could not be repaired anywhere for that ship.
          We gave it to Arkhangelsk Electric Workshop and got
          it work fine again.”
             Docks and berths

             One project cited by Arctic Marine as a major over-
          haul it did in cooperation with PKF Sivash, is m/v Kar-
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