Nevsky Shipyard floats out fourth serial dry bulk carrier Neva-Leader 4
Nevsky Shipyard today, April 30, 2013, held an official launching ceremony for the M/V Neva-Leader4, the fourth vessel in a series of ten self-propelled dry cargo ships of Project RSD49, the PortNews correspondent reports from the ground.
The project was developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb.
The ceremony was attended by Nevsky Shipyard General Director Vladimir Prudyus, Managing Director of NWSCo Albert Vygovskiy, Technical Director the shipping company Igor Fomin, Director of the RS’ Baltic branch Edward Evgrafov.
Vladimir Prudyus told IAA PortNews that the project is one of the best developments of Marine Engineering Bureau and the ship’s characteristics are the best in the class.
Prudyus also noted that thanks to the customer, the shipyard the 10 newbuilds portfolio which allows the firm "to work quietly and to plan its activities." He added that the project ship building technology this project had been fine-tuned. The shipyard’s engineers have mastered the manufacture of hatch covers and other equipment that previously were ordered with other manufacturers.
"We’d be happy to further build similar vessels. They are easily fabricated, their construction is not complicated, and the operation (of the vessels) has proved their cost-effectiveness compared to other projects," PortNews correspondent quoted Vladimir Prudyus as saying.
Nevsky Shipyard is executing a contract for a series of ten self-propelled dry cargo ships of 7150DWT of Project RSD49 for North Western Shipping Company. Overall, the NW Shipping ordered 12 vessels of RSD49 project. Two ships will be built at Astrakhan-based Lotus Shipyard. The M/V Neva-Leader-1 was floated out in May.
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 predecessors of Project RSD19) are by far the largest dry cargo ships that satisfy the dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
Ship’s general characteristics: length overall - 139.95 m, breadth overall - 16.70 m, sea / river draft – 4.7m / 3.6m, sea / river DWT – 7154t / 4520t; m; cargo holds capacity - 10,920 cbm, operational speed – 11.5 knots, endurance – 20 days, crew – 10.
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.