On 30 September 2019, Saint-Petersburg, Russia based Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) held a steel-cutting ceremony for the third large freezing trawler of Project СТ-192 for Russian Fishery Company. The keel-laying ceremony is scheduled for June 2020, says the shipyard’s press center.
The ceremony was attended by Aleksandr Buzakov, General Director of Admiralteiskie Verfi, and Feodor Kirsanov, Director General of Russian Fishery Company.
Steel-cutting for the fourth ship of the series is to be held in December 2019 with the keel-laying scheduled for August 2020.
The technical readiness of the first ship in the series is estimated at 30%. The trawler is to be launched in March 2020. The launching of the second ship in the series is scheduled for May 2020 Both ships are to be delivered to the customer in 2021.
Admiralteiskie Verfi and Russian Fishery Company signed contracts for construction of six large freezing trawlers of Project СТ-192 on 25 October 2017. The contract signed under the state programme for providing investment quotas foresees an option for four more units.
The trawlers of Project СТ-192 are intended for catching pollack and herring, their deep and nonwaste processing, storage and transportation to a port. The vessel is designed to catch over 50,000 tonnes of fish per year.
Key characteristic of СТ-192 design: deadweight – 5,700 t, capacity of cargo holds – 5,500 cbm, LOA – 108 m, BOA – 21 m, depth – 11.55 m; maximum aft draught – 8.92 m; displacement (loaded) – 11,873 t, , ice class - ICE 1 A; designed speed – 15 knots; main propulsion engine – 8,120 kW; crew – 40; plant personnel – up to 99.
Class notation by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - KM IA Super (hull) Ice 3 (power) AUT 1 REF BWM (T) Fishing vessel.
Among 34 ships built by Admiralteiskie Verfi for the fishing fleet of the USSR are fishing trawlers, floating fish canning plant and the world’s largest fish processing facility Vostok.
Admiralteiskie Verfi JSC (Admiralty Shipyards) is a key enterprise of shipbuilding, a centre of conventional submarine building of Russia. The shipyard is affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation. A number of contracts are being successfully implemented at the shipyard for domestic and foreign customers. Two series of submarines are under construction now for RF and foreign Navies. Besides, a series of patrol icebreakers for RF Navy and the Victor Chernomyrdin icebreaker are under construction. The Company’s staff numbers 6,300 persons. In 2019, the shipyard celebrates its 315th anniversary.
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