On October 19th, 2018 PECO celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment (April 21, 1998). The book “Surveyors. In the sea and on the shore” devoted to the 20th jubilee was produced, it describes the investigating activity for previous 10 years and represents the continuation of the first book published in 2008 to the tenth anniversary of the company.
Within the frame of the Regional investment board activity due to Sakhalin Region entering TOP-30 of the National Rating of the investment climate in 2020 Dmitry Pavlovich Cheremisin was rewarded with the Acknowledgement of the Governor V.I. Limarenko for the considerable contribution and active participation in the investment climate improvement, formation of the modern industry and construction infrastructure of Sakhalin Region and implementation of the civilized business principles.
From August 30th to September 01st prologue of the race No Place to Run was held at “Pushisty” airfield in the context of “Sakhalin wings” festival. “Pacific Engineering Company Ltd.” participated in the second stage of the Russian Motorcycling Championship in “extreme-enduro” discipline. Results of the sportsmen will be scored not only in the Russian Championship but also in NPR-2019 international race. General Director Dmitry Cheremisin overcame the off-road obstacle race in the “Expert” class. “Pacific Engineering Company Ltd.” was one of the sponsors of the event, it took active part not only in its arrangement but also in the competition. A grateful letter was forwarded to the company from the organizing committee of NPR 2019.
Pacific Engineering Company Ltd. together with the Sakhalin cinematographers performed the expedition for searching of the sunken Japanese escort vessel CD112 torpedoed by the American submarine SS120 “Barb” in July, 1945. The search was conducted as part of the work on the historical documentary film “Secret of the Anastasiya Cape” of ANO “Creative association of Sakhalin cinematographers” (Director – Alexander Zarchikov). The survey was executed from the geophysical vessel “Diabaz”. Geophysicists of the company Oleg Novozhilov and Maxim Poznukhov explored the seabed by the side scan sonar, and Alexander Zarchikov coordinated the search. The works lasted more than 24 hours, vast area of Aniva Bay was scanned considering the surveys performed by the previous expeditions.
As a result, on November 22nd the sunken vessel was detected at the depth of 38 m at the Anastasiya Cape in Aniva Bay. The obtained sonograms fixed wreck of the war vessel 54 m long; the vessel bottom, deck-house and pipe are clearly seen. Large wrecks are observed all round, supposedly the stern destroyed as a result of torpedoing and detonation of the depth bombs.
Based on the information provided by the Director of ANO “Creative association of Sakhalin cinematographers” Alexander Zarchikov the second expedition using the divers-searchers within the sunken vessel location was performed on October 8-9, 2022. Sakhalin divers Yan Dyatlov, Vadim Legenkin and Evgeniy Vyatkin discovered the vessel at the depth of 37 m, examined it and carried out video recording.
In November, 2020 the investigation of the seabed in Aniva Bay was performed from survey vessel “Diabaz” near the Anastasiya Cape. As a result the sunken Japanese escort ship CD112 affected by the American torpedo during the last month of the Second World War was detected.