MT Timofey Guzhenko

MT Timofey Guzhenko (Russian: Тимофей Гуженко) is a Russian double acting shuttle tanker operated by Sovcomflot. An icebreaking oil tanker capable of operating independently in 1.5-metre (5 ft) level ice, she carries oil from Varandey Oil Terminal, an ice-strengthened loading tower located 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the shore.

History
Russia
Name	Timofey Guzhenko (Тимофей Гуженко)
Namesake	Timofey Guzhenko
Owner	Lorama Shipping Co. Ltd.[1]
Operator	Sovcomflot[2]
Port of registry	Saint Petersburg,  Russia[1]
Builder	Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea[1]
Yard number	1662[1]
Laid down	30 June 2008
Launched	30 August 2008
Completed	24 February 2009[1]
In service	2009–present
Identification	Call sign UBQF5 IMO number: 9372561 MMSI number: 273330620
Status	in active service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Shuttle tanker
Tonnage	49,597 GT 21,075 NT 72,722 DWT
Displacement	93,515 tons
Length	257 m (843 ft 2 in)
Beam	34 m (111 ft 7 in)
Draught	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Depth	21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Ice class	RMRS Arc6
Installed power	2 × Wärtsilä 16V38B (2 × 11,600 kW) Wärtsilä 6L38B (4,350 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric Two ABB Azipod units (2 × 10 MW)
Speed	15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph)

The ship is named after Timofey Guzhenko (1918–2008), the USSR Minister of Merchant Marine in 1970–1986 and one of the founders of the Sovcomflot Group. He was also the leader of the first expedition to reach the North Pole on board a surface ship, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, on 17 August 1977.^[3]

Sister ships

• Vasily Dinkov (delivered 2007)
• Kapitan Gotskiy (delivered 2008)^[4]