Palmali Group has laid down two 7,100-dwt mixed river-sea class tankers of Armada series (project RST22M) at Armada Shipyard (Palmali Group, Turkey). According to the Group’s press center, the construction is to be completed in March 2015.
Project RST22M has been developed by Marine Engineering Bureau.
The new tankers satisfy the Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway dimensions (length – 139.95 m, breadth – 16.6 m, depth – 6.0 m).
The design complies with the specific requirements of Russian and global oil companies, additional ecological restrictions of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping «ECO PROJECT» (ECO-S).
By 2017, Palmali Group plans to expand its cargo fleet with at least 20 vessels of RST 12 and RST 22M projects.