Zelenodolsk Shipyard floats out second ECO3 oil tanker Bavly
Zelenodolsk Shipyard (member of AK BARS Holding) today held a launching and naming ceremony for the oil tanker of Project RST25 Bavly, the shipbuilding firm said.
This is the second vessel in a series of mixed river-sea going tankers of Project RST25, designed by Odessa-based Marine Engineering Bureau. The series lead ship named Almetyevsk was laid on April 22, 2011 and launched on June 13 of this year. The newbuilds construction is funded by AK BARS LEASING.
The newbuilds program is implemented under a large scale project for the transportation of export oil and petroleum products from the Republic of Tatarstan.
The RST25 Project tanker is built to the Russian River Register’s class M-SP 4.5 (Ice 40) A ECO3. The vessels designer took into account the special requirements of Russian and international oil companies and environmental requirements of the Russian River Register ECO 3 class (DNV’s Clean-Design class). This is the first Russian ship of RST22 that was assigned such a class.
The tanker is intended for mixed and seaborne shipping of crude oil and oil products, including gasoline, with no limit on flash point, ensuring the transportation of cargo with permanent temperature of 50 Cº. The tanker can carry two types of fuel cargo simultaneously.
The ship's general characteristic: length overall - 139.99 m, beam mld - 16.6 m, depth - 5.5 m, 6613dwt in salt water, in fresh water / 3.6 draft - 5132dwt, operational speed – 10 knots. The Volgamax-size tankers satisfy the Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Canal dimensions.
Capacity of six cargo tanks and two slop tanks - 6990 cbm, fresh / salt water draft - 4.175 m / 3.60 m, max draft DWT - 6,613 tons in salt water, 5,132 tons in fresh water, operational speed - 10.5 knots. The tanker is powered by main medium-speed diesel engines rated at 1,200 kW running on heavy fuel oil with a viscosity IFO380. Endurance - 20 days, crew - 12.
Tatarstan-based OJSC Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after M. Gorky, specializes in the construction of warships and passenger high-speed vessels. The enterprise is managed by AK BARS HOLDING.