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2011 April 14   12:24

Krasnoyarsk Shipyard launches a barge for Yenisey Shipping

Krasnoyarsk Shipyard launched today, April 14, 2011 a barge-platform BSP-1001, ordered by Yenisey River Shipping Company (ERP), the ERP press reports.

The barge-platform of carrying capacity of 1,100 tons is designed for transportation of a wide range of cargo (timber, coal, minerals and construction materials), as well as vehicles, equipment and containers. The vessel will be operating on the Krasnoyarsk – Dudinka line.

The BSP-1001 barge is the lead ship of the Project 0150/2907 series including 15 vessels, developed by LLC Gorky Central Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod). The shipbuilder plans to launch two more barges.

To boost traffic volume the shipping company implements its newbuilds program intended until 2015. In line with this program Krasnoyarsk Shipyard will built 50 barges of varying capacity.

JSC Yenisey River Shipping Company is the major carrier of cargoes on the waterways of the Yenisey River basin. The company owns and operates about 650 vessels of a total capacity of some 680,000dwt, the most powerful regional fleet. In 2010, the operator moved about 3,3 million tons of cargo. The shipping company's main shareholder is OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.

OJSC Krasnoyarsk shipyard was founded in 1929, reincorporated in 1993. The enterprise is located on the right bank of the Yenisei River near the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The enterprise specializes in building shallow-draft vessels for small rivers. Over the years the company has built nearly 3,000 ships - tugs-pushers and tugs-raft, dry cargo carriers and passenger ships, tankers and oil barges, barges-platforms, pontoons for river crossings, etc.

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