V.F. Tanker takes delivery of yet another RST27 tanker from Okskaya Shipyard
On October 7, 2013 Volga Fleet Tanker (V.F. Tanker) accepted delivery of the Volga-Don Max tanker of RST27 project built at Okskaya Shipyard. According to the design developer Marine Engineering Bureau, VF Tanker-22 is the 22nd tanker of project RST27 delivered to the customer in 2012-2013 by two shipyards – Okskaya Shipyard and Krasnoye Sormovo.
The contract sea / river deadweight of 6,980/5,378 tonnes of V.F. Tanker-11 was added by 50 tonnes to 7,030/5,428 tonnes. The test speed was 11.7 knots. As compared with other projects of Marine Engineering Bureau, the new tanker features an increased river function, deadweight increased by 716 tonnes versus Armada series and reinforced hull (sea class R2, or region II under old RS classification) with the same fuel consumption and the same increased capacity of cargo tanks.
Class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - KM Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO VCS ECO-S Oil tanker - chemical tanker Type 2 (ESP).
The tankers of project RST27 are designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with no flash point.
RST27 project vessels of Volga-Don Max class meet the dimensions of the Volga-Don Ship Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway. LOA - 140.85 m, beam - 16.6 m, depth - 6 m. The design takes into account special requirements of Russian and global oil companies as well as additional environmental restrictions of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping «ECO PROJECT» (ECO-S). The capacity of six cargo tanks and two slop tanks – 8,100 cubic meters, sea / river DWT – 7,030/5,428 tonnes with draft of 4.2 / 3.6 m, operational speed – 10.5 knots.
The shipyard is to build 15 tankers of the series.
The lead vessel of the project was keel-laid on October 20, 2011; launched on April 27, 2012 and put into operation on July 17, 2012.
Okskaya Sudoverf (Shipyard Oka, based in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region) was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard OJSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The shipyard specializes in building multipurpose river and sea-going vessels.
Nizhny Novgorod-based Volga-Flot-Tanker (V.F.Tanker LLC) was set up in 2001 with the participation of Volga Shipping Company, part of VBTH Holding, the majority stakeholder of which is UCL Holding, international transportation group consolidating a number of Russian shipping stevedoring and shipbuilding companies.
The Company is focused on oil product transportation by inland water ways. It operates more than 40 ships of total tonnage exceeding 170,000 tonnes. V.F. Tanker specializes in shipping of oil products via inland waterways from refineries (Belaya and Kama rivers) to St. Petersburg and further by seagoing ships to the ports of destination.