The seventh 7030/5428 tons sea/river tanker VF Tanker – 17, launched at Navashino based Okskaya Shipyard (Oka) on Feb. 8th 2013, has been delivered to its owner the V.F.Tanker(part of VBTH Holding, the majority stakeholder of which is UCL Holding).
The vessel of Project RST27, designed by Marine Engineering Bureau, has increased river function comparing with other MEB projects.
Project RST27 vessels satisfy dimensions of the Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Way. Overall RST27 prj. vessel length is of 140.85 m, breadth is of 16.6 m, depth is of 6.0 m. They belong to “Volgo-Don Max” class. Special requirements of the Russian and world petroleum companies, additional ecological RS limitations of “ECO PROJECT” (ECO-S) class were taken into consideration during designing.
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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, May 9, 2013