The keel-laying ceremony for the ninth in the series of 10 dry-cargo «river-sea» vessels of 7.150 DWT (Yard Number 409) took place at Nevsky Shipyard LLC on January 15th, 2013. The Shipyard is building the vessels for North-Western Shipping Company, JSC.
The vessels of RSD49 project, developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC, refer to «Volgo-Don Max» class meeting the requirements for dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
Vessels of the series can be used for transportation of general and bulk cargoes including grain, timber, coil, large-dimension and heavy-weight cargoes and hazardous cargoes of classes 1, 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 of IMDG Code and the Appendix B of the BC Code in the Caspian Sea as well as in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, North Sea, including routes around Europe and on the Irish Sea in winter.
Main Particulars:
Length overall- 139,95 m
Breadth overall- 16,70 m
Depth – 6,00 m.
Capacity of cargo holds – 10920 m3
Deadweight in river (draft 3.6 m) – about 4520 t,Deadweight at sea (draft 4.7 m) – about 7150t
Service speed – 11,5 knots
Vessel class: КМ Ice2R2AUT1-C Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
[mappress] Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, January 17, 2013