The ship can be operated on full-flowing rivers across Russia
JSC Alexeev’s Hydrofoil Design Bureau says it has laid down the second passenger hydrofoil of Project 03580, Meteor 120R, today, on 25 December 2020.
Hydrofoil of Project 03580, Meteor 120R, designed for high-speed transportation of 120 passengers, features advanced technologies, high security and comfort level, endurance of 8 hours and range of 600 km.
The keel-laying ceremony was attended by representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government, Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot Konstantin Anisimov, authorities of Alexeev’s Hydrofoil Design Bureau, representatives Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and Russian River Register and other guests.
The lead river-going passenger hydrofoil of Project 03580, Meteor 120R, was laid down in Nizhny Novgorod on 23 December 2019.
Alexeev’s Hydrofoil Design Bureau emphasized that construction of the Meteor 120R meets the schedule despite the challenging epidemiological situation. In August 2021, the lead ship is to be demonstrated during the ceremonial events dedicated to 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod.
Serial production of Meteors of previous design ceased in 2007. About 400 ships were launched between 1961 and 1991. The remaining Meteors of RRR’s Lake Class currently have no alternatives in ill-roaded areas of Siberia and the Far East. However, their service life has almost expired: all of them are 40 years old and more.
The hydrofoil of the modernized design, Meteor 120R, will continue the series that had proved itself to be reliable and economically viable in operation.
JSC Alekseev`s Design Bureau builds high-speed civil, dual-purpose and military vehicles based on various hydrodynamic principles. These are hovercraft and hydrofoils, air cavity craft and gliding boats with different bottom configuration, multipurpose platforms and ekranoplanes.
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