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Salvage of capsized tug at Baltic Shipyard has started
Russian authorities have started the salvage effort on the sunken Navy tug 'Kapitan Ushakov' at the Baltic Shipyard in St.Petersburg. Temporary restrictions on vessel traffic awere being enforced at the Port of Saint Petersburg to ensure the safe execution of the recovery works. The restrictions were imposed on June 23 at midnight LT and were expected to be lifted on June 25 at 09:00 a.m.,, applying to all ships. The 'Kapitan Ushakov' belonged to the Project 23470 series, which were developed as icebreaking tugs for use by the Russian Navy. The tug sank while still under construction at the Baltic Shipyard on Aug 8, 2025. The tug was undergoing final outfitting when one of the compartments suffered water ingress, causing it to tilt heavily to starboard, resulting in the capsizing and sinking the following morning. The tug settled to the seabed near the jetty where it had been undergoing outfitting. No injuries were reported. The Yaroslavl Shipyard had leased the berth at Baltic Shipyard, where construction of the tug was then taking place. An initial probe revealed that the water ingress that resulted in the capsizing had originated in the auxiliary engine room. The tug then gradually tilted as the flooding worsened. A criminal investigation into the incident was ongoing. The construction of the 'Kapitan Ushakov' began in 2017. The tug was originally scheduled to enter service with the Russian Navy at the end of 2025. The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) has called on the Yaroslavl Shipyard to voluntary settle damages in relation to the capsizing incident. The Yaroslavl Shipyard must pay more than RUB651 million (US$8.5 million) to cover the damages, Yaroslavl Shipyard had leased the berth at Baltic Shipyard where construction of the tug was then taking place. Salvage work was in its final stages. Once the tug has been refloated, it will be brought to Yaroslavl Shipyard's facilities near the Volga River for repairs to be undertaken.
Major drone attack on port damaged oil infrastructure again
St. Petersburg and the surrounding region came under a major Ukrainian drone attack on the night of July 3, with a local port and oil infrastructure hit, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said, as Kyiv’s drone strikes continued to deepen fuel shortages in Russia. According to St. Petersburg's Governor Alexander Beglov, the city had been subjected to a “large-scale” drone attack, with the city’s oil terminal struck. There were no casualties. Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of the surrounding Leningrad region, said a drone had struck the area of Vysotsk port, about 170 kilometres northwest of St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea. The port handles oil, grain, coal and LNG. 72 drones had been allegedly shot down over the region. There was no information on the impact on Vysotsk port. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “Ukraine’s defense forces struck port oil infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia’s war, and also hit Kronstadt, an important military target more than 850 kilometres from Ukraine’s state border.”
Salvage of sunken tug delayed due to financial problems
The Yaroslavl Shipyard expected to begin raising the wreck of the sunken tug 'Kapitan Ushakov' in St. Petersburg in July 2026. The yard had originally set May as the start of the salvage effort, but the company had been forced to postpone this due to financial problems. The salvage work was planned to commence following the signing of the necessary documents regarding advance payment. The 'Kapitan Ushakov' belongs to the Project 23470 series, which were developed as icebreaking tugs for use by the Russian Navy. The tug sank while she was still under construction at the facilities of state-owned Baltic Shipyard on Aug 8, 2025. The vessel was undergoing final outfitting when one of the compartments suffered water ingress, causing it to tilt heavily to starboard side, which resulted in the capsizing and sinking the following morning near the jetty where the ship had been undergoing outfitting. No injuries were reported. Yaroslavl Shipyard had leased the berth at Baltic Shipyard where construction of the tug was then taking place. An initial probe revealed that the water ingress that resulted in the capsizing had originated in the auxiliary engine room. The tug then gradually tilted as the flooding worsened. A criminal investigation into the incident was ongoing. The construction of the 'Kapitan Ushakov' began in 2017. The tug was originally scheduled to enter service with the Russian Navy at the end of 2025. Report with photo and videos: https://maritime-executive.com/article/russian-navy-loses-new-ice-class-fleet-tug-shortly-before-delivery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlC9JZOlks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Qu0Vl8KYI
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