On the 12th of July 2016 a solemn ceremony of launching of the single-deck dry cargo vessel of mixed “river-sea” navigation RSD49 project “ZHIBEK ZHOLY”, is to take place on the slip of Nevsky Shipyard. The construction of vessel is provided by the order of TOO "KTZ Express Shipping" (Kazakhstan). The project was developed by CJSC “Marine engineering Bureau-design-SPb”, says the shipyard.
Representatives of ministries and departments of Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region, the client company representatives, and other officials are going to attend the ceremony.
Nevsky Shipyard, LLC is located 40 km away from Saint-Petersburg in the town of Schliesselburg on the left bank of the river Neva. The Shipyard is one of the oldest enterprises of water transport in the northwest of Russia which started its shipbuilding activity since 1952. Nowadays the Shipyard builds sea and river vessels of various types and purposes and carries out all kinds of ship repair works. The slipway for vessels rising allows to launch and lift for repairs the vessels up to 150 meters long and dock weight up to 3,800 tons.