Construction of underwater crossings
MRTS JSC is the largest Russian company specializing in the construction of underwater technical facilities of the oil and gas production industry. Its activities include laying of main pipelines, fiber-optic communication lines and subsea cables across the sea floor and major rivers, as well as comprehensive dredging works with backfilling of trenches.
Throughout its 25-year history, the company has proven its readiness to implement the most complex offshore projects for the development of oil and gas fields on a turnkey basis, ensuring compliance with international quality standards.
Today, MRTS JSC owns its own fleet of 30 vessels of various purposes, unique underwater technical equipment, production and logistical bases, its own technical resources (over 600 units of equipment). It is the largest Russian company specializing in the construction of underwater technical facilities for main pipelines of the oil and gas production industry.
Pipeline laying can truly be considered a flagship business activity for MRTS JSC. In its development, the company has come a long way from laying pipelines through the largest rivers to the comprehensive development of offshore facilities.
Laid on land and underwater,
including through permafrost.
Cutting-edge fleet
The unique pipe-laying barges "MRTS Defender" and "Captain Bulganin" are giant floating platforms equipped with specialized workshops for the production and laying of pipelines, capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions. On these barges, pipeline sections are continuously welded together and hydro-insulated. They also undergo other necessary calibration work, after which the pipes are laid on the seabed using a stinger.
The unique and unrivalled (not only in Russia) maritime fleet of MRTS JSC has long been a source of special pride for the company.
More than 30 multifunctional vessels comprise our fleet:
- Pipe-laying barges
- Ice-class vessels
- Dredgers
- Soil removal barges
- Tugboats
- Barges, platforms
- Hydrographic boats
- Small boats
Equipment
Laying in offshore areas is carried out using pipe-laying barges and the Arthropod 600 self-propelled underwater pipe plunger.
Laying in coastal and nearshore areas:
- Pipe-laying cranes with a lifting capacity of 90 tons
- Floating excavators of the Water Master type
- Tracked cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 550 tons
- Bulldozers
- Excavators
- Dump trucks
- Mobile welding units
- Winches and other auxiliary equipment
