Krasnoye Sormovo delivers two chemical tankers of Project RST27 to shipping company Volgotrans (photo)
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod, United Shipbuilding Corporation) says it has delivered two chemical tankers of Project RST27 to shipping company Volgotrans LLC as scheduled.
Krasnoye Sormovo PJSC, Volgotrans LLC and Goznak-leasing CJSC signed the three-party contracts for supply of two chemical tankers of improved Project RST27 on October 27, 2015.
The tankers were launched in March and May 2017. Upon successful completion of mooring and sea trials the vessels have been delivered to Volgotrans: the first tanker was delivered on July 10, the second – on July 24.
Krasnoye Sormovo has thus continued the largest series of tankers in domestic shipbuilding which numbers more than 20 units vessels built by the shipyard. All of them are successfully operated at inland water ways of Russia and other countries.
The vessels are designed for mixed (river-sea) shipping of a wide range of liquid bulk cargo. 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.
Main particulars of Project RST27: LOA: 140.85 m, breadth: 16.7 m, depth: 6.0 m, DWT in fresh water (draft 3.6 m): 5,378 tonnes, DWT in salt water (draft 4.2 m): 6,980 tonnes.
The RST27 vessels were designed by Marine Engineering Bureau with detailed design provided by Nizhny Novgorod based engineering firm Volga-Caspian Design Bureau.
Krasnoye Sormovo PJSC is one of the oldest shipbuilding companies in Russia, founded in 1849. Throughout the 75-year period, more than three hundred submarines and rescue vehicles including 25 nuclear ones have been built and modernized by Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard. Today, Krasnoye Sormovo builds vessels of commercial fleet meeting the requirements of international conventions on reliability and safety. Some of Krasnoye Sormovo tankers are in the list of Significant Ships of the Year by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA).
MNP Group (Marine Oil & Gas Projects) is the Company Manager of shipbuilding projects. With its extensive experience in civil shipbuilding MNP Group ensures efficient response to market changes, comprehensive use of its resources and accurate compliance with deadlines under shipbuilding contracts. Management of shipbuilding projects is the key competence of MNP Group.
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 40 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates the bulk 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.
