ALBROS shipping company takes delivery of new 4,416-dwt dry cargo carrier
ALBROS shipping company (Director General of the company - Raim Alekperov) has accepted into operation new dry cargo vessel Modulus 1 with deadweight of 4,416 tonnes, Marine Engineering Bureau (Odessa) reports.
Modulus 1 (building number H-31) is the first modified vessel of project 003RSD04/ALB03. It was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau (initial project) and ALBROS company (modification of project ALB03). The dry cargo carrier was built at Aksoy Shipyard, Gelibolu (Turkey). The class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - KM (*) Ice3 R1 AUT3. Overall length is 89.17 m, breadth – 15.6 m, draft – 6.80 m.
The capacity of the vessel’s only hold is 5,486 cubic meters. This box-shaped and smooth-walled hold is convenient for carrying out the freight works and placing a cargo without shifting. This function makes vessels of project 003RSD04/ALB03 attractive for delivery of equipment needed for Caspian shelf development. Non-standard cargo may be delivered directly from any European port or any port of the Persian Gulf by inland waterways of Russia to the Caspian Sea.