On June 1, 2016, the sixth combination bulk oil / deck cargo carrier of mixed ‘river-sea’ type, Balt Flot 5 (Project RST54, Hull No 5406), built by Okskaya shipyard for Balt Flot Tanker (BFT, Saint-Petersburg), has been delivered to BF Tanker, says Marine Engineering Bureau.
The vessel has been built under the contract signed by BF Tanker on September 23, 2015 for construction of 7 sea/river type tankers at Krasnoye Sormovo (United Shipbuilding Corporation) and Okskaya Shipyard (UCLH). Under the contract, the company is to get three RST-54 tankers (combination carriers) and four RST-27 tankers. Okskaya Shipyard will build 5 vessels (two RST-27 tankers and three RST-54 tankers), Krasnoye Sormovo - two RST-27 tankers. All the vessels are to be delivered in 2016.
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA, UK) earlier included RST54 Project ships into the list of top 50 vessels of 2014.
RST54 project vessels of Volga-Don Max class meet the dimensions of the Volga-Don Ship Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway. LOA - 140.85 m, beam - 16.6 m, depth – 6.0 m. Class of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - M-ПР2,5 (ice30) А. Crew - 12 persons (14 places + pilot). Sea endurance - 20 days.
Okskaya Sudoverf (Shipyard “Oka”) based in Navashino of Nizhny Novgorod region was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard JSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The firm specializes in building multipurpose river and sea going vessels, container carriers, special ships, barges. The company’s major shareholder is Universal Cargo Logistics Holding B.V. (UCL Holding). In 2015 Okskaya Sudoverf was the second shipyard in Russia in terms of total tonnage of newbuildings.
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