JSC Baltic Shipyard (part of United Industrial Corp. CJSC) and Contour LLC (included in Contour Group) signed a contract for building four non-self steering oil barges. The project was developed by Marine Engineering Bureau LLC, the shipbuilding company press release said. Contour Group has confirmed the information in an interview with PortNews.
The barges are designed for transportation of petroleum products with flash point above 60° C, including those requiring heating. The vessels will navigate on inland waterways and in marine areas for non-self-propelled cargo vessels of Class "* M-OL 2,5 (ice 20) of Russian River Register (can be operated when the thickness of lump ice up to 20 cm). The barge can be pushed or towed.
Vessels are being built in compliance with modern standards, rules and regulations of the commercial shipbuilding industry under the supervision of the Russian River Register, the company said.
The length of the vessel is 108 meters, breadth - 16,6 meters, displacement – 6,300 tons, weight - 1,020 tons. The barges have reinforced double-bottomed, double-boarded hulls in the areas of the 12 cargo tanks of capacity of 5,944 cbm
St. Petersburg-based Baltic Shipyard (part of UI Corp.) a largest Russian shipbuilder has constructed more than 40 ships since 1959. In 2002 BS signed a contract for construction of six chemical tankers with the Dutch company Rensen BV. The company specializes in the construction of icebreakers and ice-class vessels with nuclear and diesel power plants, large-capacity vessels for transportation of various cargo and warships. It also produces a wide range of products of marine engineering, nuclear energy and boiler equipment.
Contour LLC is part of Contour Group comprising Baltic Oil Company LLC, JSC MBK, LLC Contour S.Pb, Transport Company Contour LLC, CJSC Perspectiva. The Group’s assets are among the leading suppliers of bunker fuels to Russian and foreign vessels in the waters of the Neva River and Gulf of Finland, at St. Petersburg harbor. The Group owns and operates a fleet of 18 vessels.
The barges are designed for transportation of petroleum products with flash point above 60° C, including those requiring heating. The vessels will navigate on inland waterways and in marine areas for non-self-propelled cargo vessels of Class "* M-OL 2,5 (ice 20) of Russian River Register (can be operated when the thickness of lump ice up to 20 cm). The barge can be pushed or towed.
Vessels are being built in compliance with modern standards, rules and regulations of the commercial shipbuilding industry under the supervision of the Russian River Register, the company said.
The length of the vessel is 108 meters, breadth - 16,6 meters, displacement – 6,300 tons, weight - 1,020 tons. The barges have reinforced double-bottomed, double-boarded hulls in the areas of the 12 cargo tanks of capacity of 5,944 cbm
St. Petersburg-based Baltic Shipyard (part of UI Corp.) a largest Russian shipbuilder has constructed more than 40 ships since 1959. In 2002 BS signed a contract for construction of six chemical tankers with the Dutch company Rensen BV. The company specializes in the construction of icebreakers and ice-class vessels with nuclear and diesel power plants, large-capacity vessels for transportation of various cargo and warships. It also produces a wide range of products of marine engineering, nuclear energy and boiler equipment.
Contour LLC is part of Contour Group comprising Baltic Oil Company LLC, JSC MBK, LLC Contour S.Pb, Transport Company Contour LLC, CJSC Perspectiva. The Group’s assets are among the leading suppliers of bunker fuels to Russian and foreign vessels in the waters of the Neva River and Gulf of Finland, at St. Petersburg harbor. The Group owns and operates a fleet of 18 vessels.