Onega Shipyard LLC (Petrozavodsk) put into commission an eleventh multi-purpose baulk-carrier of ‘river-sea’ type, ‘Karelia’ range, deadweight in river/sea 3330/5490 tons, with two full-revolving rudder propellers on October 15, 2009. The vessel was given a name ‘Vladimir Noskov’, as of the designer’s information provided on the site – Marine Engineering Bureau.
‘Vladimir Noskov’ is number six in the range of vessels modified to operate on heavy fuel up to 380 cCt (fuel oil).
‘Vladimir Noskov’ bulk-carrier is designed for shipment of general, bulk, timber, grain and over dimensional cargoes; 8.5 and 9-feet containers and dangerous cargo of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 class and those stipulated in Attachment B of ВС Codex. The vessel will operate in inland water ways of the European part of Russia, including Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Route.
It is planned to build 12 vessels of the design.
First five – ‘Rossiyanin’, ‘Ukrainets’, ‘Belorus’, ‘Kasah’ and ‘Karel’ and the seventh, eighth and tenth, bulk-carriers ‘Vasilii Klimov’, ‘captain Abakumov’, ‘Captain Konkon’, are successfully operated by Orion Company.
Sixth and ninth, ‘Nikolai Klinov’, ‘Mekhanik Kovalenko’ operate for Albatros.