Krasnoyarsk Shipyard has completed construction of “BP-3005”, the fifth vessel in a series of non-self propelled 3,000-tonne deck barges of project 1960, the shipping company said.
The barge for deck cargo was built for Yenisei River Shipping Co. (JSC ERP) and was designed for the transport of wood, coal, mineral / construction materials, wheeled vehicles, equipment and containers.
The first ship of the series was built in 2011.
"Construction of a new fleet is a priority for our shipping company, since the non-self propelled barges are subject to maximum wear as they sail on complicated and shallow waterways on our Siberian rivers", said General Director of JSC ERP Alexander Ivanov.
Constructruction of one 1960-series vessel creates 60 jobs. One vessel cost is about RUB 60 million. The barge will be launched in the spring of 2014 after the completion of all tests. Today the shipyard started fabrication of the 28th 3000-tonne vessel, the last one in the series ordered by ERP.
Yenisei River Shipping Company was created as a state-owned operator in 1931 and became a joint stock company in 1994. Now it is the main carrier of goods on the waterways of the Yenisei River basin. The company operates a fleet of 650 dry cargo vessels and tankers having total 680,000 DWT and has dockyards for ship maintenance and repair. In 2012, ERP transported about 3,4 million tonnes of cargo. The main shareholder of ERP is Norilsk Nickel.