Palmali has placed order for five tankers of the 4th Armada series (project RST22M) at Besiktas Shipyard in Turkey, Palmali Vice President Rauf Aliyev told PortNews. Thus, the newbulds number increased to 15 vessels. The ships are scheduled for delivery for the end of 2013. Two vessels of the series have already been put into service.
The 4th series ships are a continuation of the 1st Armada tankers (project 005RST01), which were designed for Palmali by Marine Engineering Bureau and built in 2002-2006 at SELAH and ADA shipyards in Tuzla (Turkey). The 2nd series tankers (project RST22) were built at Nizhny Novgorod-based Krasnoye Sormovo in 2008-2009.
Ten tankers of the 1st series and five tankers of the “New Armada” are engaged in "river-sea” transportation of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel fuel and other petroleum products and vegetable oils, and in shipping in the Caspian, Black, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Seas, including sailings around Europe and in the Irish Sea in winter.
The new series tankers satisfy the Volga-Don Canal and the Volga-Baltic dimensions. RST22M project vessel specifications - 139.95 m, breadth - 16.6 m, depth - 6,0 m; built to ‘Volga-Don max’ class.
Palmali Group is a shipping company operating in the Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Seas. Last year, shipments of oil cargo on Russia’s inland waterways by the Group’s fleet exceeded 4,5m tons. Palmali Group is a major carrier of oil companies SOCAR (Azerbaijan) and LUKOIL (Russia) on the southern lines. The Group has been awarded long-term contracts for transportation of petroleum products with TNK-BP.
The Group operates a fleet of more than 100 vessels, including sea-going tankers of up to 180,000dwt, sea-going and river tankers of up to 8,000dwt tons flying Russia and foreign flags.
The 4th series ships are a continuation of the 1st Armada tankers (project 005RST01), which were designed for Palmali by Marine Engineering Bureau and built in 2002-2006 at SELAH and ADA shipyards in Tuzla (Turkey). The 2nd series tankers (project RST22) were built at Nizhny Novgorod-based Krasnoye Sormovo in 2008-2009.
Ten tankers of the 1st series and five tankers of the “New Armada” are engaged in "river-sea” transportation of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel fuel and other petroleum products and vegetable oils, and in shipping in the Caspian, Black, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Seas, including sailings around Europe and in the Irish Sea in winter.
The new series tankers satisfy the Volga-Don Canal and the Volga-Baltic dimensions. RST22M project vessel specifications - 139.95 m, breadth - 16.6 m, depth - 6,0 m; built to ‘Volga-Don max’ class.
Palmali Group is a shipping company operating in the Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Seas. Last year, shipments of oil cargo on Russia’s inland waterways by the Group’s fleet exceeded 4,5m tons. Palmali Group is a major carrier of oil companies SOCAR (Azerbaijan) and LUKOIL (Russia) on the southern lines. The Group has been awarded long-term contracts for transportation of petroleum products with TNK-BP.
The Group operates a fleet of more than 100 vessels, including sea-going tankers of up to 180,000dwt, sea-going and river tankers of up to 8,000dwt tons flying Russia and foreign flags.