Tenth tanker of project RST27, Konstruktor Zhivotovsky, is put into operation
Tenth vessel of project RST27 built for shipping company V.F.Tanker has been delivered to the customer today, May 15, 2013, says Marine Engineering Bureau, the series developer.
The tanker was developed to the class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping KM Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO VCS ECO-S Oil tanker (ESP). The detailed project is developed by Volga-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhni Novgorod).
The vessels of this project have a river deadweight increased by 730 tonnes as compared with other vessels of the same type deployed for operation in the Volga-Don Basin. During the internavigational period they are successfully operated in the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
The lead ship of the series, V.F.Tanker-1 is in the list of Significant Ships of 2012 of RINA - Royal Institution of Naval Architects. The Konstruktor Zhivotovsky tanker, unlike other vessels of the series, has a “chemical carrier type 2” class. It is equipped for transportation of vegetable oils which contributes to its competitiveness in the tanker market.
Major characteristics: sea deadweight - 6,980 tonnes with the draught of 4.2 m, river deadweight - 5,378 tonnes with the draught of 3.6 m, length – 140.85 m, breadth – 16.86 m, depth – 6.0 m, crew - 12/14, speed - 10 knots, endurance - 20/12. The propulsion system comprises two diesel engines WARTSILA 6L20 with maximum continuous rating of 1,200 kWt. The tanker has an additional sign in the symbol of Eco Project class.
As it was reported earlier, nine vessels of the series were built by Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard and delivered to the customer in 2012.
Operating ability: round-the-year navigation in ice-free seas, in loose brash ice of non-Arctic seas (independent navigation in 0.40-meter thick loose brash ice with the speed of 5 knots; following the icebreaker along the canal made in 0.35-thick ice with the speed of 3 knots); operation in the conditions of extended navigation period corresponding to ice-class 1 with the outside temperature of 20°С.
Krasnoye Sormovo OJSC is one of Russia's oldest shipyards. It was founded in 1849. In 2011, it entered the United Shipbuilding Corporation. The shipyard is Russia’s leader in construction of civil river and sea-and-river going vessels.
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