On 30 November 2017, Okskaya Sudoverf (part of UCL Holding) signed a contract for building a series of eight dry cargo ships of Project RSD32M. According to the shipyard, the vessels will be built for Navis-1 LLC (Moscow) with STLC as a customer.
The ships are to be delivered in the second half of 2019.
Dry cargo carrier of Project RSD32M designed by Marine Engineering Bureau is intended for transportation of general and dry bulk cargo (including grain), bundled sawn timber, round timber, metal scrap, bundled and coiled metal, heavy and oversized cargo, coal, hazardous cargo of class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 and category “B”.
The ships can be operated in sea areas and inland water ways of Russia’s European part including Volga-Baltic Waterway and Volga-Don Canal.
Class notation: КМ Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS.
Key particulars: LOA – about 123.00 m, BOA – 16.72 m, depth – 5.5 m, river/sea deadweight (with draft of 3.6 m / 4.2 m) - 3,800 DWT / 5,100 DWT, speed – 10 knots.
Okskaya Sudoverf is a modern shipbuilding enterprise, a part of the VBTH division of the international transport group UCL Holding. Okskaya Shipyard specializes in the construction of oil tankers and medium-tonnage mixed 'river-sea' class dry cargo vessels, containerships, special vessels and barges. In 2015, the Oka Shipyard became the second largest shipbuilding enterprise in Russia in terms of the total tonnage of constructed ships.
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is an international transportation group consolidating a number of Russian shipping, stevedoring, shipbuilding, railway and logistic companies. The group's business is divided into three divisions: UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH (shipping division).