RF Defense Ministry and Nevsky Shipyard to sign contract for construction of 9,000-dwt fleet attendance tanker this week
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The contract between the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation and Nevsky Shipyard LLC (Leningrad region) on construction of a fleet attendance tanker is supposed to be signed this week, IAA PortNews learnt from the source close to the shipbuilding company.
The tanker is to be built and delivered to the Defense Ministry in 2016.
The tanker’s major parameters: deadweight – 9,000 t, hull length - 131 meters, width – 21 m, depth – 10 m, draught – 7 m.
On October 14, 2013, Nevsky Shipyard was acknowledged as a winner of the contest announced by the Defense Ministry. The contract was initially valued at RUB 3.86 bln млн while the shipyard’s proposal was to build it for RUB 2.978 bln. The proposal of Admiralty Shipyards (Saint-Petersburg) was less interesting.
Nevsky Shipyard LLC, 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 for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 3,000 tonnes.