Moscow Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard (Moscow Shipyard, MSSZ) yesterday, Dec. 19 2013 held a keel-laying ceremony for “Astrakhanets” (Hull No 506), second vessel in a series of passenger ships of project 23020, the shipbuilding company said on Thursday.
The series of three passenger ships are being built at MSSZ yards for passenger traffic on urban and commuter lines of Astrakhan region.
General characteristics of the 23020 series:
RRR class - R 1.2;
Length - 32,2 m;
Beam - 6.2 m;
Draft - 0.76 m;
Speed - 15-25 km / h,
Cruising range - 500 km;
Endurance - 12 hours,
Accommodation: crew / passengers - 2 /129.
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (MSSZ) was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels. The company specializes in construction of river passenger ships, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts. The full-cycle shipyard has in-house design office, docks for hull repair, fabrication, painting, outfitting and interior manufacturing.
In 2010, the company commenced the construction of new generation cruise passenger ships. The shipyard is a subsidiary of the state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation. In September 2011, the shipyard launched the project of high-speed multipurpose cutters of MRV14 project for Russian ports. Since that year Moscow Shipyard is building the packages of 27 and 12 buoy tenders of project 3050 and 3050.1, respectively. In the autumn of 2012 the shipyard started construction of on-board boats for the Russian Navy.