Nevsky Shipyard lays down tanker for RF Navy and launches 8th vessel of project RSD49 for North-Western Shipping Company (photo)
Keel laying of the bunkering tanker of project 23130 Akademik Pashin for RF Ministry of Defence has taken place at Nevsky Shipyard LLC. As IAA PortNews journalist reported from the ceremony, it has been attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Viktor Chirkov and Deputy Transport Minister Victor Olersky. Besides, the shipyard launched Neva-Leader 8, the eighth dry cargo carrier of project RSD49 built for North-Western Shipping Company. Both vessels are designed by Marine Engineering Bureau.
When commenting on the keel laying, Director General of Nevsky Shipyard Evgeny Kuznetsov expressed confidence in successful implementation of the shipyard’s task.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Viktor Chirkov said: “The vessel laid down is a unique one. It will ensure bunkering of warships right in a seaway so that they could continue carrying out their mission.” He said the vessel is likely to be deployed for operation in the northern regions. There is a plan to build a series of such vessels.
On November 1st, 2013, the Federal Agency for Weaponry, Military and Special Equipment and Material facilities Procurement (Rosoboronpostavka), representative of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, and Nevsky Shipyard, LLC signed the State Contract for the construction of sea tanker 23130 project. Nevsky Shipyard got the right to conclude the State Contract having won the open competitive tender.
Major characteristics:
length overall – 130 m
breadth overall – about 21 m
draught overall – about 7,0 m
deadweight at draught 7,0 m – about 9,000 t
maximum speed – 16 knots
endurance – 60 days
ship’s crew – 24 persons
sailing area – unlimited in accordance with ship’s class according to the rules of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
Under the signed State Contract the tanker is to be delivered in the end of 2016.
According to Gennady Yegorov, Director of Marine Engineering Bureau, the vessel of project RSD49 is intended for transportation of cargo from river ports to the sea and back. He noted that the 62-meter long hold enables the vessel to carry oversized cargo like elements of drilling rigs by inland water ways to the Caspian Sea, for example. So the vessel combines the functions of a general cargo and oversized cargo carrier.
Managing Director of North-Western Shipping Company Albert Vygovsky said the company had been operating the vessel of this project for over a year. According to him, this project is the highest demand in the market today.
Neva-Leader 8 is the eighth in the series of 10 vessels of project RSD49 being built by Nevsky Shipyard for North-Western Shipping Company. The lead vessel of project RSD49, Neva-Leader 1, was laid down on December 14, 2010, floated out on May 20, 2012 and put into service on November 26, 2012. As of today, the shipping company operates first seven vessels of the project.
The Volga-Don Max vessels with deadweight of over 7,000 t are designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, including steel, grain, timber, coal, oversized and heavy-lift and dangerous cargoes. The vessels have three holds, one of them is 51 meter long. The vessels are being built under the programme for large-scale renovation of VBTH fleet. VBTH is the shipping division of UCL Holding.
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 3,000 tonnes.
North-Western Shipping Company is the largest carrier in Russia’s water transport system, specializing in shipping import / export general cargo, bulk and loose dry cargo, tugging of oversized cargo and vessels. The company’s fleet comprises over 60 sea-and-river-going vessels and 10 sea-going vessels with total deadweight of some 360,000 t. The company annually carries over 6 mln t of cargo.
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