Vladimir Zakharenko built by Lotos Shipyard sets off for her maiden commercial voyage
Dry cargo carrier of project RSD49В Vladimir Zakharenko built by Lotos Shipyard set off for her maiden commercial voyage on March 26, 2014, says the union of Astrakhan shipbuilders.
The construction contract was signed between the customer in the person of Goznak-Leasing CJSC and Lotos Shipyard as the lessor and shipping company Ankor LLC as the lessee.
The Volga-Don Max vessels of mixed river-sea sailing are designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, including steel, grain, timber, coal, oversized and heavy-lift and dangerous cargoes of classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 by IC IMDG and Annex B of the BC Code.
Navigation area – limited R2. Class: КМ Iсе2 R2 AUT1-C of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
Major characteristics: length overall – 139.95 m, beam overall – 16.50 m, depth – 6.00 m, sea / river draft – 4.7m / 3.6m, sea / river DWT – 7150t / 4520t, maximum continuous rating 2x1200 kW, range – 4,000 miles.
The series vessel features a 52-m-long middle cargo hold for shipping oversized project cargo on direct Europe-Caspian Sea line. Currently, the RSD49 vessels are so far the largest of dry cargo ships that satisfy the dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
Astrakhan-based Lotos Shipyard specializes in the construction of modules for fixed offshore drilling platforms, designed for offshore exploration and production of oil and gas. The shipbuilding company’s major stockholders are United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Caspian Energy Group (CNRG) and the Astrakhan regional government.