Irinvestship Limited (Iran) takes delivery of Iran Amirabad, the third dry-cargo ship of Khazar-type project RSD 19, built by Volgograd Shipyard, press release of MNP Group states. The contact for building a series of river-sea-going dry-cargo ships project RSD19 was signed by Volgograd Shipyard and Irinvestship Limited in August, 2005. Four ships are scheduled to be built within two years upon signature of the contract. The lead ship (Iran Anzali) was handed over to the customer in February 2007, the second one (Iran Nowshahr) – in June 2007, the forth vessel was laid down in December 2006.
Maximum length of the ship is 140 m, width – 16.70 m, depth – 6 m, deadweight (sea/river) -6,750/4,343 mt, cargo capacity (sea/river) – 6,325/4,100 mt.
The design was worked out by Mariine Engineering Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine) for class КМ*ЛУ 2 1 IА1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the requirements of international conventions. According to the Bureau classification, the vessel refers to the “Volgo-Don max” class – the higher class for operation in the sea and higher hull strength standard.
The multi-purpose dry-cargo ship has the maximum for the Volga-Don route overall dimensions and is designed for transportation of general and bulk cargo, timber and large-size cargo, 8.5-9-ft international standard containers. The ship is fitted with 4 cargo tanks of total capacity 10,800 cubic m, capacity of ballast tanks is 3,900 cubic m, sea endurance is 4,000 miles, loaded speed is 11.8 knots, the crew is 13/16 people. The designed service life of the hull is 24 years.