Nevsky Shipyard lays down 7th vessel of RSD49 project

Nevsky Shipyard on August 23, 2012 held a keel-laying ceremony for the seventh vessel of a series of ten 7,150dwt dry cargo ships of mixed ‘river-sea’ sailing of Project RSD49, the shipyard press service said.

LLC Nevsky Shipyard (Nevsky Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Yard), a subsidiary of JSC North-Western Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding), is located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg in Shlisselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. Nevsky Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 2500 tons.