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).
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard launches the fifth dry-cargo ship project RSD 17 for Palmali Group
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (MNP Group) has launched the fifth dry-cargo ships project RSD 17 for Palmali Group. According to press release of MNP Group the ship is called “Akhmed Makhmudov”. The contract was signed for construction of five vessels of the project. The lead ship - "Mirzaga Khalilov" – was handed over to the customer in November, 2006, the second vessel - "Ismayl Shikhly" – late in April, 2007, the third dry-cargo ship “Shirvan” – in May, 2007, the forth one – “Riad Akhmedov” was launched in April of the current year. The project of the dry-cargo ships is designed by Maritime Engineering Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine). Class is КМ*ЛУ2 I А1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, meets the requirements of international conventions. The lead dry-cargo ship project RSD17 “Mirzaga Khalilov” was certified by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) for conformance to ECO standard. These requirements have been introduced by RMRS in 2006. The ECO symbol in the class symbol indicates the higher environmental safety standard. RSD17 is the first vessel with the ECO symbol, built in Russia. To receive the symbol the vessel should conform to the strict criteria for the aquatic environment and environmental emissions as well as for power consumption. Dry-cargo ship project RSD17 DWT 6,270 mt of the restricted navigation area is designed for transportation of all types of general cargoes, including 20-ft and 40-ft international standard containers, metal, grain, lumber, coal, bulky and heavy cargoes. Maximum length of the vessel is 121.7 m, breadth – 16.7 m, depth – 6.20 m, draught – 5.06 m. Total capacity of three cargo tanks is 9,370 cubic m, capacity of ballast tanks Is 3,120 cubic m, number of containers – 234 pcs. Sea endurance of the vessel is 20/25 days, speed – 11.5 knots, crew – 12/14 persons. MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction.