Nevsky Shipyard floats out 3rd dry cargo carrier of Project RSD49
Nevsky Shipyard today, October 10th, held a launching ceremony for the third in a series of ten self-propelled dry cargo ships of project RSD49 (hull No 403) «NEVA-LEADER-3». The vessel is being constructed for North Western Shipping Company. The project was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, the shipbuilding firm said.
The Volga-Don Max vessels of mixed river-sea sailing are designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, including steel, grain, timber, coal, oversized and heavy-lift and dangerous cargoes of classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 by IC IMDG and Annex B of the BC Code in the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic, White and North seas, including sailings around Europe and in the Irish Sea during winter season.
The series vessel (in contrast to other Volga-Don max class ships created by Marine Engineering Bureau) features a 52-m-long middle cargo hold for shipping oversized project cargo on direct Europe-Caspian Sea line. This should make the vessel operation cost-effective.
The project was designed to CM Ice2 R2 AUT1-C of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the requirements of international conventions.
Currently, the RSD49 project vessels (like its predecessors of Project RSD19) are by far the largest dry cargo ships that satisfy the dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
Overall, the NW Shipping ordered 12 vessels of RSD49 project. Ten serial bulkers will be constructed at Nevsky Shipyard, two ships to be built at Astrakhan-based Lotus Shipyard. The lead ship of the series M/V Neva-Leader 1 was floated out in May. The first ship's dock-side trials will be completed in the fall of 2012.
Ship’s main characteristics: sea / river draft – 4.70m / 3.60m, sea / river DWT – 7150t / 4520t; length overall - 139.95 m, breadth overall - 16.70 m, depth - 6.00 m; cargo holds capacity - 10,920 cbm.
About Nevsky Shipyard
Nevsky Shipyard LLC, a subsidiary of JSC North-Western Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding), is located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg in Shlisselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. Nevsky Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 2500 tons.