Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (part of MNP Group) and representatives of the State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan signed the protocol of delivery and acceptance of the Ceyhun oil tanker, MNP’s press service reports. The Caspian Sea-bound vessel is expected to call at the port of Turkmenbashi on Oct. 27, 2010.
The tanker Ceyhun, ordered by the State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan, was launched on 31 August 2010 at Krasnoyer Sormovo shipyard. The lead ship of the new tanker project 19900 was developed by the MNP’s Volga-Caspian Design Bureau.
The new river-sea-going ship has more storage capacity and is more suited for navigation in extreme marine environments. Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard won the bidding for the 7,100DWT tanker contract in April. The contract with Turkmenistan was signed in May this year.
General Director of MNP Group Vadim Malov: "The tanker handing-over to the customer was timed to the Independence Day of Turkmenistan, which is celebrated on October 27. This is the first tanker of the new series and the third, built by our shipyard for the Turkmenistan’s fleet. Just a year ago, the second ship Khazar built by our company, called at the port of Turkmenbashi on the Independence Day. Then and now this is our congratulations to the people of Turkmenistan on the occasion of the most important official holiday of the country. One of the priorities of state policy pursued by Turkmenistan’s President Berdimuhamedov, is the development of the country’s transport infrastructure and creation of a modern fleet. Our shipyard is building for Turkmenistan the vessels, in compliance with safety and ecological standards, equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities".
The ship was assigned to Eco Project as she was built to special requirements and environmental safety rules of the world’s oil companies and to additional requirements to prevent emergency oil spills. These environmentally friendly vessels are in good demand among cargo owners, maritime administration, port authorities. The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping’s Tanker Class - KM * Icel [1] R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO LI VCS Oil Tanker (ESP).
Specifications: length - 141.4 m, beam - 16.84 m, hull height - 6.82 m, deadweight in salt water - about 7,100 tons at a draft of 4.60 meters, in fresh water - 4700 metric tons at a draft 3.60 m, the capacity of twelve cargo tanks and two slop tanks - 8,256 cub. m, main engine power rated at 2h1200 kW, operational speed - 10.5 knots. The main engines are two medium-speed diesel engines rated at 1200 kW, operating on heavy fuel oil of viscosity IFO380.
A group of companies of Sea and Offshore Oil and Gas Projects (MNP Group) is the company who manages projects in the field of shipbuilding. The Group incorporates: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod), Sormovskoye Engineering (Nizhny Novgorod) and the Volga-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhniy Novgorod).
The tanker Ceyhun, ordered by the State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan, was launched on 31 August 2010 at Krasnoyer Sormovo shipyard. The lead ship of the new tanker project 19900 was developed by the MNP’s Volga-Caspian Design Bureau.
The new river-sea-going ship has more storage capacity and is more suited for navigation in extreme marine environments. Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard won the bidding for the 7,100DWT tanker contract in April. The contract with Turkmenistan was signed in May this year.
General Director of MNP Group Vadim Malov: "The tanker handing-over to the customer was timed to the Independence Day of Turkmenistan, which is celebrated on October 27. This is the first tanker of the new series and the third, built by our shipyard for the Turkmenistan’s fleet. Just a year ago, the second ship Khazar built by our company, called at the port of Turkmenbashi on the Independence Day. Then and now this is our congratulations to the people of Turkmenistan on the occasion of the most important official holiday of the country. One of the priorities of state policy pursued by Turkmenistan’s President Berdimuhamedov, is the development of the country’s transport infrastructure and creation of a modern fleet. Our shipyard is building for Turkmenistan the vessels, in compliance with safety and ecological standards, equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities".
The ship was assigned to Eco Project as she was built to special requirements and environmental safety rules of the world’s oil companies and to additional requirements to prevent emergency oil spills. These environmentally friendly vessels are in good demand among cargo owners, maritime administration, port authorities. The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping’s Tanker Class - KM * Icel [1] R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO LI VCS Oil Tanker (ESP).
Specifications: length - 141.4 m, beam - 16.84 m, hull height - 6.82 m, deadweight in salt water - about 7,100 tons at a draft of 4.60 meters, in fresh water - 4700 metric tons at a draft 3.60 m, the capacity of twelve cargo tanks and two slop tanks - 8,256 cub. m, main engine power rated at 2h1200 kW, operational speed - 10.5 knots. The main engines are two medium-speed diesel engines rated at 1200 kW, operating on heavy fuel oil of viscosity IFO380.
A group of companies of Sea and Offshore Oil and Gas Projects (MNP Group) is the company who manages projects in the field of shipbuilding. The Group incorporates: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod), Sormovskoye Engineering (Nizhny Novgorod) and the Volga-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhniy Novgorod).