On September 30, 2015, Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod, United Shipbuilding Corporation) delivered chemical tanker Victoria of improved Project RST27 built for ISR Trans, says the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau. It is the seventeenth tanker of this project built by Krasnoye Sormovo and the thirty second ship in the series.
The contract was signed in May 2015. The ship was launched on September 10, 2015 within the framework of IV International Business-Summit in Nizhny Novgorod.
The new chemical carrier is a ship upgraded for transportation of a wide range of products. Project RST27 was essentially revised by Marine Engineering Bureau (Odessa). Detailed design was developed by Volgo - Caspian Design Bureau and engineering center of Krasnoye Sormovo. New class notation - КМ (*) Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO VCS ECO-S Oil tanker /Chemical tanker type 2 (vegetable oil) (ESP) of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
The new tanker can carry a wide range of oil products and chemical cargoes including additional line of methanol products.
Vessel’s characteristics: Sea / river DWT – 6,980 /5,400 tonnes with draft of 4.2 / 3.6 m. LOA - 140.85 m, beam - 16.86 m, depth - 6 m. Operational speed – 10.5 knots.
The Victoria is the third ship ordered from Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard by ISR Trans.
MNP Group (Marine Oil & Gas Projects) is the Manager of shipbuilding projects.
Krasnoye Sormovo OJSC 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. Some of Krasnoye Sormovo ships are in the list of Significant Ships of RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects).
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.
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