Dry cargo ship Kapitan Yurov passes Moscow River to South Port (photo release)
Volga-Don max dry bulk carrier of Project RSD44 Kapitan Yurov loaded with crushed stone cargo has completed a unique trip from Lake Ladoga to the Moscow South Port, the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
At the first stage the ship took on board 5,400 tons of the cargo. Upon her arrival at the North port part of the cargo was offloaded from the vessel. Having on board 3,680 tons of crushed stone and with draft of 2.80 m and length of 140 m the Kapitan Yurov has managed to sail along the Moscow River (under its low-sitting bridges that rise only 8.6 meters over the river surface) to the South port.
The M/V Kapitan Yurov was built at Okskaya Shipyard – keel-laying was held on December 28, 2010, launching – on October 14, 2011. The vessel was commissioned into service on November 18, 2011.
The vessels are intended for transportation on Russia’s inland waterways general, bulk, timber cargo, grain, lumber, potash and fertilizer, sulfur, coal, paper, building materials, steel products, and up to 140 containers.
The RSD44 project ships will gradually replace the previous series of "Volga-Don” ships. The vessels surpass their predecessors, featuring enhanced capacity, maneuverability, environmental friendliness, efficiency and comfort, the report said.
Ship’s main features: length DWL - 138.9 m, beam - 16,5 m, depth - 5 m, coaming height - 2,2 m, fresh water draft 3,6 m DWT - 5,543 tons, salt water draft 3.53 m DWT - 5,562 tons, cargo hold capacity - 7090 cbm; Russian River Register Class - + O-OL 2,0 (ice 20) A.
The lead ship of RSD44 project Kapitan Ruzmankin was laid on Feb. 24, 2010, launched on Nov. 23, 2010 and delivered to the Customer on May 2011. Later, Volga Shipping took delivery of the next five bulkers and has put them into service (the Kapitan Zagryadtsev, the Kapitan Krasnov, the Kapitan Gudovich, the Kapitan Sergeyev and the Kapitan Kadomtsev). On November 18th, the shipbuilder delivered the eighth serial vessel, the Kapitan Yurov.
The dry cargo ships will be operated on the Volga-Don Ship Canal (VDSK), Volga-Baltic Canal, in the Azov Sea to the port of Kavkaz and in the Gulf of Finland. The vessels will be able to pass under the Neva bridges near St. Petersburg and under Rostov railway bridge (Rostov-on-Don).
The RSD-44 project was co-financed through the leasing scheme by the state-run United Shipbuilding Corporation (85%) and Volga Shipping (15%) on the terms of state subsidy of refinancing interest rate of Central Bank of Russia.