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 shipyard reports.
It is the first order for a vessel of this type being implemented by a Russian shipyard for a foreign customer under a turn-key principle.
The vessel is equipped for transportation of drill fluid, loose cargo, methanol and general cargo. She can also participate in rescue and firefighting operations.
The vessel’s length is 73.40 m, breadth – 16.60 m, depth – 7.60 m, draft – 6.50 m, speed – some 14.2 knots.
Currently, the shipyard is implementing to other export contracts on construction of similar vessels, one of them to be built under a turn-key principle.
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.