Yantar shipyard starts construction of second trawler of Project SK-3101R for Kamchatka (photo)
Kaliningrad, Russia based Baltic Shipyard Yantar (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation) says it held a steel-cutting ceremony for the second trawler of Project SK-3101R in the series of three vessels intended for Fishing Collective Farm named after V. Lenin based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The ceremony was held on September 2 with the keel-laying scheduled for November of the current year.
As Aleksei Rakhmanov, President of United Shipbuilding Corporation, said at the Second Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, recovery of the competence in construction of fishing ships, particularly at Yantar shipyard, will let supply fishing industry with required ships up to 2030.
The contract for construction of three trawler-seiners of Project SK-3101R was signed on January 22, 2016. The first vessel named Leninets, was laid down on July 8, 2016, the series is to be delivered to the customer in 2018.
The SK-3101R purse seine / pelagic trawler was designed by a Norwegian engineering company Skipskompetanse A.S. that provided design, engineering drawings and technical assistance.
The fishing vessel particulars: length overall: 50.6 m, beam: 12 m, main engine rated power about 2200 kW. The vessel was designed for trawl, seine and purse seine deep-water fishing.
Kaliningrad-based Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar” (Yantar Shipyard) was founded on July 8,1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repair of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 154 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. The Russian Government holds majority stake in the shipbuilding firm through Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.
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Yantar Shipyard contracted to build three SK-3101R-series fishing vessels for Kamchatka based V.Lenin Fishing Farm >>>>
Steel-cutting ceremony for trawler of Project SK-3101R held at Yantar shipyard (photo, graphics) >>>>
