Characteristics of the towed object: length – 49,5 m, width – 9,2 m, depth – 4,63 m, draft – 2,5 m.
Towing was done by double heading method on the route Saint Petersburg – Cherepovets using tugs with capacity from 300 to 800 h.p., then from Cherepovets to entrance buoy in Azov sea towing was executed by pushing method with a ship of project 758А with 800 h.p. capacity.