Shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg) has launched a supply vessel project VS 470 PSV MkII being built to the order of Siddis SkipperII AS (Norway). The vessel is to be delivered to the customer in October 2009, the shipyard’s Director General Andrei Fomichev says according to PortNews IAA reporter. Fomichev also says a fitted hull of a similar vessel being built for Siddis SkipperII AS is to be launched by the shipyard in July.
“I’d like to underline that the vessel launched today is the first order implemented by a Russian shipyard for a foreign customer under a turnkey principle. Our workers spent some time in Norway
The Director General has also told about the shipyard’s negotiations on cooperation with Gazprom though he has not revealed any details.
According to Leonid Strugov, Head of Shipbuilding Department in Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the shipyard now has new technologies owing to this order.
As it was reported earlier, the vessel was designed by VIK-SANDVIK AS (Norway), conventional class: Classification society - Det Norske Veritas / DNV (Norway). The vessel is equipped for transportation of drill fluid, loose cargo, methanol and general cargo. She can also participate in rescue and firefighting operations. Seagoing qualities: not limited (excluding ice class). Length — 73.4 m, speed — about 14.2 knots.
Shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf (Severnaya Verf OJSC, St. Petersburg) founded in 1912 is one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Russia. Major shareholders of the shipyard are United Industrial Corporation CJSC which controls 72.19% of the company’s shares. The state in the name of Western Center of Shipbuilding OJSC owns 20.96% of shares. but the skills acquired will stay with us,” Fomichev said.
“I’d like to underline that the vessel launched today is the first order implemented by a Russian shipyard for a foreign customer under a turnkey principle. Our workers spent some time in Norway
The Director General has also told about the shipyard’s negotiations on cooperation with Gazprom though he has not revealed any details.
According to Leonid Strugov, Head of Shipbuilding Department in Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the shipyard now has new technologies owing to this order.
As it was reported earlier, the vessel was designed by VIK-SANDVIK AS (Norway), conventional class: Classification society - Det Norske Veritas / DNV (Norway). The vessel is equipped for transportation of drill fluid, loose cargo, methanol and general cargo. She can also participate in rescue and firefighting operations. Seagoing qualities: not limited (excluding ice class). Length — 73.4 m, speed — about 14.2 knots.
Shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf (Severnaya Verf OJSC, St. Petersburg) founded in 1912 is one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Russia. Major shareholders of the shipyard are United Industrial Corporation CJSC which controls 72.19% of the company’s shares. The state in the name of Western Center of Shipbuilding OJSC owns 20.96% of shares. but the skills acquired will stay with us,” Fomichev said.