VBTH holding accepted delivery of dry-cargo vessel “Malachite” of DCV36 project into its operation (building No. QHS-305). The vessel was built by Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Shipyard (Qingdao, China).
Unlike previous dry cargo vessels series (RSD44 and RSD49 projects) built for the holding, DCV36 project was a seagoing vessel of unrestricted sailing region from the very beginning. This project has corresponding safety factor, thickness of hull elements and main engines capacity.
DCV36 prj. is of striking innovation character type. Deadweight exceeding 5000 t for present-day single hold dry cargo vessel with calculated length less than 85 m was reached for the first time.
Vessel is steel single-deck motor-ship with single cargo hold, single screw, with forecastle and poop, with deck-house and engine-room located aft, with a double bottom and double sides in the cargo area, with removable grain bulkheads, with bulb fore and transom aft ends, with hatch covers of “folding” type of Cargotec firm, with bow thruster.
Overall length is of 89.96 m, calculated length is of 84.89 m, breadth is of 14.5 m, depth is of 7.5 m, summer freeboard draught is of 6.40, deadweight for this draught is of 5026 t.
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World Maritime News Staff, February 23, 2012; Image: MEB