The MMP bulk carriers “Mikhail Kutuzov” and “Dmitry Pozharsky” set out on a voyage along the Northern Sea Route to China for the first time as part of a caravan. Cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov"

When the personnel department of the shipping company found out that I was going to visit the Kutuzov, the service employees, writing out the documents for the pass, said: “Oh, write about them, they are so great, we never have problems with them!”

In January, the ship “Mikhail Kutuzov” arrived at the home port of Murmansk. He only had to stay in his home port for a couple of days. The bulk carrier moored at berth 18 for loading apatite; the vessel was going to continue its journey to the Norwegian port of Heroy.

The German-built motor ship "Mikhail Kutuzov" was modernized in 2004 - an additional hold was installed on it, due to which the vessel's carrying capacity increased by three thousand tons.

The second contract on the ship is headed by the crew of Sergei Mikhailov. This is also his second voyage as captain. Despite his rather young age (he will turn 36 this year), Sergei Vladimirovich has good practice behind him. He himself comes from the Tula region, from a sailor’s family. Just like my father, he graduated from Makarovka. IN early years he lived with his family in Klaipeda, where his father was sent after his assigned studies. He has been working in the shipping company for 12 years and during this time he worked on the dry cargo ships “Kola” and “Kolguev”. The penultimate place of work was on the new bulk carrier Pomorie.

“I didn’t expect the ship to be in such good condition,” the captain honestly admits. - After modernization, the insertion of an additional hold, the seaworthiness of the ship improved, roughness and controllability improved, the side keels were welded on, and now in a storm we have a completely different ship.

What can you say about your team? - I ask questions to Sergei Mikhailov. - How did you join the team?

The relationship was immediately good; the people working here are open-minded and, most importantly, professionals in their field. I can’t say that there are no problems at all, but we resolve all controversial issues together. The main thing is that if you need to work overtime, for example, when you urgently need to prepare the hold to accept another cargo, no one whines that working hours are over. If necessary, sailors work day and night.

Captain Mikhailov has complete mutual understanding with the engine crew - they are doing a common job according to all the rules. The mechanics are led by Nikolai Tylychkov, the “grandfather” of the ship. Nikolai Stepanovich has been working in the shipping company since 1968. He started on the old “Donskoy” type “Dzhankoy”, worked on the “Emelyan Pugachev”, on the diesel-electric ship “Ob”, on the motor ships “Captain Panfilov” and “Grumant”. He admits that he did not like moving from ship to ship. His relocation, one might say, was a necessary measure: the HR service “sent” an excellent specialist to where help was needed in troubleshooting. We still need to look for specialists in his profile in the fleet - he himself personally compiled instructions for mechanics at the request of management. He calls himself a mechanical all-rounder.

Nikolay Tylychkov comes from the Kirovograd region, in Ukraine. He studied at the Odessa Marine Corps. In fact, as he recalls now, he did not dream of sea romance. He came to Odessa to enroll in an automotive technical school - since childhood he was well versed in mechanisms, but when he found out how many exams he had to pass, he changed his choice in favor of a maritime specialty. He had his first internship in the Black Sea Fleet, then the senior mechanic of all the trainees immediately enrolled young Nikolai in the crew team. Before the war, it was a private passenger ship, and the captain was a Spaniard, the former owner of the ship. He spoke Russian with difficulty, but he learned well a couple of strong swear words, which he often used when giving orders to the sailors.

As Nikolai Stepanovich said, at that time the fleet had several Spanish ships that reached the Black Sea in the 30s of the last century. 5 passenger airliners arrived in Soviet Union from Spain, fighting against fascism, and for many of them our country subsequently became a second homeland. The ships brought children and women on board, thereby saving them from death. Subsequently, these ships were included in the Black Sea Fleet, since their return home was then dangerous. During the Great Patriotic War they were re-equipped, and they delivered food, weapons and ammunition to besieged Sevastopol, and evacuated the wounded.

Having received his education, cadet Tylychkov was sent to the North by assignment. And his young wife went with him.

Do you remember your first impressions when you arrived in the North? - I ask my interlocutor.

So, we are going to Murmansk by train,” says Nikolai Stepanovich, “in the compartment we met a Murmansk resident, talked with him a little, and when we approached the city, he asked: “Is anyone meeting you guys?” “No, no one is meeting us,” we answer in unison, “let’s go to the hotel.” “What hotel?!” - exclaims a fellow traveler (at that time, apart from the “cockroach” wooden “Arctic” and “North”, which was impossible to get into, there were no more hotels). “If my wife meets me now, we’ll go to our place.” And so we left our only suitcase at the station in a storage room and went home to a new acquaintance along the “eight” on the hills, this is where “mother-in-law’s tongue” is (the road, a serpentine from Chelyuskintsev Street up, that’s what the residents jokingly called that area. - I.Yu.). We were washed, fed and put to bed. And in the morning we wake up - there is no one at home, and there is a note on the table: “Guys, if you are leaving, please close the door.” We were instantly blown away from there like the wind: the apartment was all well furnished, and we were two tramps, I was in a cadet uniform and it was slightly covered. It is simply unacceptable to imagine such a situation in Odessa! This was Murmansk, these were the people of Murmansk!

Later, the family lived for a short time in an old house that was being demolished, their first child was born - they gave them an apartment in a communal apartment. Three families lived here, cheerfully and amicably. Three sons were born into the Tylychkov family, two of whom followed in their father’s footsteps. So, almost the Tylychkov dynasty of sailors is working in the Murmansk Shipping Company. Several years ago, Nikolai Stepanovich went to live in Velikiye Luki, but he lives practically in two houses: he comes from a flight, there is an apartment, two sons, grandchildren, and there is a wife and another son with their children. And here are the friends with whom I went to sea and worked in the shipping company all my life. True, now they rarely see each other:

“I recently saw Borya Khlebnikov, we talked, it was very nice to meet,” recalls Nikolai Tylychkov and quietly adds: “I went to the cemetery, and there were so many of them... and they were all acquaintances.” Unfortunately, the human life is very short.

Why did you move to Velikiye Luki? - I'm curious. - Do you have relatives there?

No, in last years my wife wasn’t feeling well, but we just came there to visit, with our grandchildren and children,” says Nikolai Tylychkov. - And ours came to life. The children shout to her: “Mom, sit down and rest!” And she answered: “I’m not tired!” This was beyond my wishes and hopes. What else do I need when my wife feels so good? Nothing. We have been together all our lives, we got married in 1965, we lived nearby, she was on the left bank of the Southern Bug, and I was on the right. We met and became acquainted by chance, and lived side by side for 45 years. I’ve been at sea all my life, there were long flights to the Arctic, I tried to work on shore - it didn’t work out, but she, even though it was hard for her alone, waited.

Are you bored?

I miss you, of course,” and immediately adds, “we communicate constantly on Skype.

Well, they’ve mastered it, it’s not difficult for me, but she has a granddaughter at her side. Yes, and it’s so convenient! We communicate via the Internet with our children in the fall, and my daughter-in-law asks: “Dad, did you get any good apples this year?” And I took it and brought it to the monitor, barely holding three pieces with both hands: “Here, look.” And the little grandson saw on the other side, on the “box,” and shouted: “Grandfather, give it, give it!” My son answered me: “Dad, don’t tease your grandson!” This is how we live!

Irina YUSUPOVA.

Bulker MIKHAIL KUTUZOV - IMO 7721249

Bulker "Dmitry Pozharsky"

Bulk carriers of the Murmansk Shipping Company “Mikhail Kutuzov” and “Dmitry Pozharsky” set off on a voyage along the Northern Sea Route for the first time as part of a caravan. According to the press service of Murmansk Sea Trade Port OJSC, the ships will deliver a cargo of iron ore concentrate from Murmansk to the port of Jintang (China).

The total distance from Murmansk to the ports of northern China via the Northern Sea Route is 6.9 thousand miles. Arctic-class bulk carriers “Mikhail Kutuzov” and “Dmitry Pozharsky” with a deadweight of 23 thousand tons each, accompanied by the nuclear icebreaker “Vaigach”, will pass non-stop through the waters of the Arctic Ocean, through the Bering Strait along the borders of Russia, Japan and South Korea. Ice navigation will be carried out from the Kara Gate Strait to Wrangel Island and will be about 2 thousand miles. The estimated time of arrival at the port of unloading is the first ten days of August.

The recipients of the cargo of iron ore concentrate weighing 44 thousand tons produced by Kovdorsky GOK OJSC are large metallurgical enterprises in the northeast of China, the cost of the cargo is about $8 million. The cargo owner, MCC EuroChem OJSC, plans to increase the transshipment of iron ore concentrate in 2012 through port of Murmansk up to 3 million tons. Relevant strategic agreements have been reached between EuroChem, Murmansk Commercial Sea Port, Murmansk Shipping Company and FSUE Atomflot.

“I am very grateful to all participants in the project. Everyone will get a job: the Kovdorsky GOK plant, Railway, the port, the shipping company and Atomflot,” the message quotes the words of the General Director of FSUE Atomflot Vyacheslav Ruksha, “Concluding a long-term agreement between these companies would make it possible to build several ice-class vessels specifically for navigation along the Northern Sea Route and in 3-5 years to move away from subsidies. It is possible that, by analogy with the Panamax and Suezmax class vessels, Arcticmaxes will soon appear.
OJSC "Murmansk Shipping Company" specializes in sea transportation of general cargo and passengers using its own fleet, the fleet of subsidiaries and an outsourced (chartered) fleet. The shipping holding's fleet includes more than 300 vessels with a total deadweight of about 2 million tons. The main shareholders of MMP are Arctic Technologies LLC (62.7%) and the state.

OJSC MCC EuroChem is one of the ten world leaders in the agrochemical industry in terms of production capacity. The main products are nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers. EuroChem in Russia includes Novomoskovsky Azot, Nevinnomyssk Azot, Phosphorit, Belorechensk Mining Fertilizers (EuroChem-BMU), Kovdorsky GOK and the Lifosa phosphate fertilizer plant, located in Lithuania. EuroChem is a vertically integrated company that unites mining, manufacturing enterprises, logistics companies and a sales network. The company has licenses to develop potash deposits in Russia.

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The Murmansk Shipping Company (MSC) motor ship "Mikhail Kutuzov" performed a transit flight from Arkhangelsk to China along the Northern Sea Route with a cargo of domestic lumber. According to the MMP press service, the volume of the ship's shipment is 23 thousand cubic meters. m of wood products.

As noted by the shipping company, the ship traveled over 6,900 nautical miles without the involvement of icebreakers, even on the most difficult sections of the route. According to plans, on September 2, the ship arrived at the port of Taicang in Jiangsu Province, where about 17 thousand tons of forest products will be unloaded; the rest of the cargo will be delivered to Chinese port Nansha.

The newspaper “Pravda Severa” reports pravdasevera.ru that the ship “Mikhail Kutuzov” set off from Arkhangelsk to China for scrap metal, the lumber was “passing cargo”.

It would seem like an ordinary event: every day up to a dozen sea transports come and go from here to the mouth of the Northern Dvina. However, the bulk carrier's sailors consider the voyage special. First, "Mikhail Kutuzov" will go to Far East along the Northern Sea Route, and not along Europe, around Africa, crossing the Indian Ocean. Secondly, the ship, built in still democratic Germany, having worked at sea for 38 years, will be scrapped there in China at the end of its voyage.

JSC "Murmansk Shipping Company" is a Russian Arctic shipping company that has accumulated vast experience in operating in the harsh conditions of the North. The supply of various cargoes to the circumpolar regions has been maintained at the proper level for several decades by the Murmansk Shipping Company. The company's fleet has reinforced ice-class transport vessels. The crews of the ships are made up of highly qualified sailors with extensive experience working on ice routes.

There is an opinion that Russia is a maritime power. It behooves a maritime power to preserve traditions, to have memorable places and to preserve ships with a historical past, and, as an example and as practiced, as museums or training ships.

To be honest, we are rather weak when it comes to museum ships. There are only 11 of them, counting the copy models. Plus 7 more submarines. Quite weak, to be honest, for such a huge country. There should be more, because where else, if not on such a museum ship, can one raise the boys’ interest in the fleet?

We will talk about the events that have been unfolding recently around the ship of military glory, the cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov. The cruiser, if anyone doesn’t know, is stationed in Novorossiysk, in the seaport. And it is a museum ship and fleet property at the same time.

The cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" became the twelfth ship of Project 68-bis. It was laid down in February 1951 at the Nikolaev Shipyard and launched on August 9, 1954. After passing a series of tests, the ship was introduced into the Black Sea Fleet. His area of ​​responsibility became the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well as the central Atlantic, where the Mikhail Kutuzov served until its decommissioning in 1998. At this point, the ship had traveled 211,900 miles.

"Mikhail Kutuzov", being a very beautiful and representative ship, made for himself, in addition to a military career, also a political career and became a meeting place in the real world. high level. His guests in different years were Indonesian President Sukarno, Egyptian leader Abdel Nasser, Ethiopian King Haile Selassie I, the Shah of Iran and his wife and others the mighty of the world this.

Officially, “Mikhail Kutuzov” participated in two armed conflicts during the Arab-Israeli War, in 1967 and 1973. Both times he was in the port of Alexandria as the command post of the USSR's chief military adviser in Egypt. The cruiser did not take direct part in hostilities, but the very fact of its presence in Alexandria was a guarantor of peace.

An attack on "Mikhail Kutuzov" would be tantamount to an attack directly on the USSR. This is partly why the raid on the port of Alexandria was avoided.

Today "Mikhail Kutuzov" is a museum ship. There are excursions around the cruiser, but it’s just above the museum ship that something thickens. Either there are clouds, or there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The idea is that the cruiser is obliged to return to Sevastopol, from where it was taken away in 2001, when the lease of our base expired. There were serious fears that the ship would be cut up for metal. So, in fact, “Kutuzov” ended up in Novorossiysk. And already there it became a museum.

Today there is quite a large initiative group, which includes such famous people, like admirals V.N. Chernavin, I.V. Kasatonov, Rear Admiral E.A. Kobtsev, Rear Admiral A.I. Aladkin, Admiral V.A. Kravchenko, Vice Admiral V.D. Ryazantsev, Rear Admiral A.P. Grinkevich, Rear Admiral V. Uryvsky, Vice Admiral R.A. Golosov advocates for the return of the cruiser back to Sevastopol.

The motivation is simple: the cruiser is obliged to return back to the hero city of Sevastopol to become part of the historical heritage there. Different opinions and arguments are expressed, some performed by Sevastopol residents are even unpleasant to read, such as Stefanovsky.

I will note in defiance of Stefanovsky that Novorossiysk is the same hero city as Sevastopol. And the same city military glory. But he was not handed over to the Great Patriotic War. And the blood of those who defended Novorossiysk was no different from the blood of the defenders and liberators of Sevastopol. And this city is no less worthy to have its own museum ship.

But let’s return to “Mikhail Kutuzov”, especially since just a week ago I visited him as a sightseer.

Of course, we wanted to make a more detailed review of the ship, with all the details, but the museum management did not want to meet us at all. And she suggested getting permission through the Navy leadership in St. Petersburg. So we simply didn’t have time, which was probably for the best. Having visited the ship on a general basis, it is easier to draw some conclusions.

What conclusions have we drawn? And not very good ones.

The cruiser is far from in excellent condition. Yes, tour guides talk about financial shortcomings, but who doesn’t talk about this today? But the ship definitely needs a good overhaul. The rust on the decks and the openly deteriorated wooden covering are also surprising.

The tour of the ship itself is in the style of “galloping across Europe”. No complaints about the guides, they are all people who are definitely in love with the ship and know it and maritime topics. But is it really impossible to make a larger excursion, albeit for a lot of money?

The upper deck with a view of artillery, the ship's bell, mine weapons. Next is a lecture in the ship's wardroom (very interesting, by the way) and a run (there are no other words) through some of the interior spaces. Galley, cockpit, first aid post, one of the combat posts and a cockpit for domestic needs. All. Honestly - less than little. Such huge ship, you could drive around it for two hours, and it would be interesting. And so - a half-hour run.

AK-230. Result of modernization

Cruiser's wardroom

Officers' cabin

One of the control posts

Ship's medical center

Sailor's cabin. Steep, with portholes.

Galley and one of the ship's cats on watch

KBU. Household services cabin.

The situation with “Kutuzov” reminded me of many museums in our country. Where there are models of tanks with welded hatches, and guides take people around and talk about something. The last century, in short. Unfortunately, the merger with the ship did not work out.

There was a lot of joy for the boys who were given the opportunity to turn the steering wheels of a 37-mm air defense installation. For more experienced people - only surprise.

What could be the future of the cruiser?

You can continue to play the role of one of the few attractions of Novorossiysk. Until complete decay and final write-off. I can’t say how many years “Mikhail Kutuzov” will last, but sooner or later the end will come anyway. The sea is not a concrete pedestal after all.

The ship can be overhauled. But this is definitely not in Novorossiysk. Local ship repair yards are not able to service this ship. So, Marine Factory or something similar. In Crimea. And there it is somewhat closer to Sevastopol than back to Novorossiysk...

In addition, in Sevastopol there is the Black Sea Higher Naval School of the Order of the Red Star named after P. S. Nakhimov, and a branch of the Nakhimov Naval School. It is unlikely that the cadets and Nakhimov students would be bothered by a training ship like the Mikhail Kutuzov. In the event that it undergoes a major overhaul and is again able to make trips, if not to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but at least along the Black Sea.

And, by the way, there will be no problems with leaving the ship.

And on weekends, the ship may well be somewhere in the roadstead and work as a museum. Like a real ship, and not a mock-up with access to single rooms.

In any case, this is a good continuation of the cruiser's life.

In addition, the name of Field Marshal Kutuzov is not alien to Crimea. Mikhail Illarionovich fought in those places together with Suvorov, and fought well.

What about Novorossiysk?

And Novorossiysk definitely needs to allocate something in return. The city is not rich in such significant monuments, so simply taking “Mikhail Kutuzov” away from there is, to put it mildly, ugly.

Perhaps “Kerch” will be quite suitable.

On November 4, 2014, a fire occurred on the Kerch BOD, damaging a number of aft compartments. Based on the results of the work of the commission that investigated the incident, a decision was made to decommission and dismantle the ship in 2015. Later, the dismantling of the Kerch BOD was temporarily postponed with its transfer to the reserve as a training ship for crews and a floating headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. In July 2015, official information appeared about a re-inspection of the ship in order to resolve the issue of its restoration.

The ship is under the patronage of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, the Administration of Belgorod and the Administration of the Krasnoarmeysky District of Volgograd. By the decision of the Chief of the General Staff on August 18, 2015, the Kerch BPC was withdrawn from combat service of the Black Sea Fleet and placed in the category of military property, with the subsequent location of the military museum of the Black Sea Fleet in it.

Why can’t the Black Sea Fleet Museum be located in Novorossiysk? In addition, the Kerch is much younger than the Kutuzov, and with such support the ship will clearly be able to delight visitors from among the residents of Novorossiysk and guests of the city for a long time, if the process is organized properly, and not as it is now on the Kutuzov.

The question is that the Kutuzov translation project also has opponents. The whole question is who will win the battle for the cruiser.

In any case, something needs to change. Of course, I would like the cruiser to be repaired and still serve. Both a museum and a training ship. But in any case, this is not the way things are handled in Novorossiysk today.