Lotos Shipyard launches tanker hull ordered by the Dutch company

Lotus Shipyard OJSC (of Caspian Energy Group) has completed part of a tanker ordered by Messrs Westerkade Shipping BV (Netherlands), the press service of Caspian Energy said. The tanker aft will be towed to the stocks of Astrakhan Shipbuilding Association (ASA LLC, Caspian Energy Group) for docking with the fore body. A brand certified steel has been used for building the tanker hull. The ship construction is being supervised by the Lloyd Register. The ship delivery is scheduled for May this year.

The vessel will be 135 m in length and 17.25 m in width. The tanker’s DP - 6.22 m

Caspian Energy Group of companies (CNRG Group) was established in 2006. The company’s key activities are the design, construction and installation of offshore facilities for oil and gas fields development. The Group integrates several divisions. Engineering expertise is concentrated in the “Shelf” Center of Marine Technology (including Coral, Sevastopol, Vympel Bureau, Nizhny Novgorod, Caspian and Astramarin Bureaus, Astrakhan). Manufacturing division - Astrakhan Shipbuilding Association, LLC. (ASA). The service division - Crane Marine Contractor LLC, the operator of ships and floating cranes for offshore operations. Caspian Energy Projects LLC coordinates and manages the Group’s projects.