On June 3, 2014, Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard (Moscow Shipyard, MSSZ) launched the lead ship of project 23020 Astrakhanets (hull No 505), the shipyard says in its press release. The series of three passenger ships designed by Marine Technics Group are being built at MSSZ yards for passenger traffic on urban and commuter lines of Astrakhan region.
General characteristics of the 23020 series:
RRR class - R 1.2;
Length - 32,2 m;
Beam - 6.2 m;
Draft - 0.76 m;
Speed - 15-25 km / h,
Cruising range - 500 km;
Endurance - 12 hours,
Accommodation: crew / passengers - 2 /129.
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (MSSZ) was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels. The company specializes in construction of river passenger ships, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts. The full-cycle shipyard has in-house design office, docks for hull repair, fabrication, painting, outfitting and interior manufacturing.
In 2010, the company commenced the construction of new generation cruise passenger ships. The shipyard is a subsidiary of the state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation. In September 2011, the shipyard launched the project of high-speed multipurpose cutters of MRV14 project for Russian ports. Since that year Moscow Shipyard is building the packages of 27 and 12 buoy tenders of project 3050 and 3050.1, respectively. In the autumn of 2012 the shipyard started construction of on-board boats for the Russian Navy.
Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard is to execute three forth of orders for construction of tender vessels of projects 3050, 3050.1 and 3052 under the sub-programme Inland Water Transport of the federal special-purpose programme Development of Russia’s Transport System through 2010-2015.