On April 23, 2014, flag-hoisting ceremonies were held at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard for two tankers of project RST27 (building numbers 11 and 12), Dmitry Pokrovsky and Valentin Gruzdev, built for Moscow River Shipping Company. Then the vessels set sail on their maiden voyage, says press center of MNP Group.
The tankers of project RST27 (Volga-Don Max class) are designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with no flash point. The tankers can transport two types of cargo simultaneously. The tanker was developed by Marine Engineering Bureau (Odessa) to the class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping KM Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO VCS ECO-S Oil tanker (ESP). The detailed project is developed by Volga-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhni Novgorod).
Sea / river DWT – 6,980 /5,375 tonnes with draft of 4.2 / 3.6 m. LOA - 140.85 m, beam - 16.86 m, depth - 6 m. Capacity of cargo tanks – 7,828 cbm, capacity of slop tanks– 280 cbm, capacity of ballast tanks – 4,650 cbm. Operational speed – 10 knots. Crew - 12 persons (14 places). The propulsion system comprises two diesel engines WARTSILA 6L20 with maximum continuous rating of 1,200 kWt.
Krasnoye Sormovo OJSC (Nizhni Novgorod) is one of Russia's oldest shipyards. It was founded in 1849. In 2011, it entered the United Shipbuilding Corporation. The shipyard is Russia’s leader in construction of civil river and sea-and-river going vessels.
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