Astrakhan shipyard “Lotos” has launched the second dry-cargo vessel “Anatoliy Sidenko” with deadweight of 7240 tons of RSD49 project (building No. 302). The project is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC.
RSD49 project vessels refer to «Volgo-Don Max» class in accordance with the classification accepted by Marine Engineering Bureau. It means that vessels displacement meet the requirements of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
RSD49 project vessels are multipurpose dry-cargo vessels of “river-sea” type. The vessels are intended for transportation of general and bulk cargoes including grain, timber, large-dimension 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.
The feature of RSD49 project vessels is the existence of a big middle hold at fifty two meters long, which makes it possible to transport “design” oversize and heavy-lift cargoes in one way voyage Europe-Caspian Sea.
Overall length of the vessel is 139.95 m, overall breadth 16.70 m, breadth without side fenders 16.50 m, depth is of 6.00 m.
Keel of lead vessel, the “Vladimir Zakharenko” (building No 301), was laid down on January 27th 2011, The vessel was launched on February 26th 2013.
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Source: meb, September 30, 2013