Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard to build two tankers for Palmali Group

Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and Palmali Group signed a contract for construction of two tankers project 19619, press release of MNP group states. One of the tankers will be delivered to the customer in November 2007, the second one is to be built by November 2008. The contract for construction of the first tanker was signed in March.The river-sea-going tanker is designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with flash point less than 60оС. It is fitted with twelve cargo tanks (of total capacity 14,770 cub.m) and one slop tank; there are ballast compartments in the double sides and double bottom. The tanker is capable of carrying two types of cargoes in a voyage. The design of the tanker was worked out by Engineering Bureau of MNP Group (at present – Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau).The tanker is capable of operating in different climatic conditions, in regions of moderate cold marine climate. Class of the vessel - КМ Л1 I I А1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Basic characteristics: length – 150 m, width – 17.30 m, depth – 10.5 m, draught – 6.99 m, loaded speed is 10 knots, sea endurance is 20 days. This is the largest vessel in the Caspian Sea, capable of entering any port and put into other seas through Volga-Don Ship Canal without port terminal re-equipment.

Five tankers were built for Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company (KASPAR) - “President Geidar Aliev”, “Babek”, "Shah Ismael Khatai", "Koroglu", " Dede Qorqud" (it was delivered to the customer in September, 2006).

A series of five dry-cargo ships project RSD 17 are being built at Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard for Palmali Group; the lead-ship of the project "Mirzaga Khalilov" was constructed and handed over to the customer, the second and the third vessels were launched at the end of year 2006. In February, 2007 Palmali Group and Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard signed the contract for construction of ten chemical tankers project PST22 DWT 6,900 mt. Head tanker ИМО2 of “New Armada” type project RST22 of ecological class РС «ECO Project » was laid down in May.

MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction. MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction. MNP Group incorporates the leading Russian shipyards: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod), Nizhegorodskiy Teplokhod Shipyard, Volgograd Shipyard, Astrakhan III International Shipyard, Lotos Shipyard (Astrakhan), as well as Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod), Volgograd special engineering plant, CDB Corall (Ukraine), Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhniy Novgorod) and Friede & Goldman (USA).