The solemn ceremony dedicated to the gathering of the ship was attended by his widow Tatyana and her son Grigory. Tatyana symbolically broke a bottle of champagne on the side of the tugboat. And the guests went up to the captain’s bridge and sat down at the control panel.
The ship was built in the People’s Republic of China, will complement Vladmorrybport’s auxiliary fleet and will be the most powerful of the four available from the company. And reliable, like Vladimir Nikolayevich Sungorkin, a resident of the Far East, born in Khabarovsk, graduated from a university in Vladivostok, began working as a correspondent in Komsomolskaya Pravda for BAM, then for Sovetskaya Rossiya in Primorye and Sakhalin. In addition, his career was firmly connected with Komsomolskaya Pravda in the capital.
And Vladimir Sungorkin went to the Far East, due to a heart attack during an expedition to Primorye. The journalist collected materials for a book about the pioneer of these places, the explorer Vladimir Arseniev. In his native Khabarovsk, a street is named after the journalist. And now “Vladimir Sungorkin” will continue to work for the benefit of the Far East, accompanying the passage of ships in the port of Vladivostok.
The tug has improved maneuverability and safety when performing mooring operations. And what is most important when towing large boats: it has azimuth full-turn rudder propellers at the stern, which allows rapid 360-degree rotation. Specialists of the Russian Maritime Register of Navigation checked its operational characteristics, the state of operation of the equipment, the operation of the means of automation, navigation and communication.
– We did not know that the ship would be named after her husband, it was a complete surprise to us. But it is symbolic that the tugboat is named after her. He is very similar to Vladimir, being active, reliable, helping everyone, carrying a thousand things,-says Tatyana, the journalist’s widow.
Seven feet under the keel, “Vladimir Sungorkin”!
