Russia: Keel Laid for Sixth Dry-Cargo Vessel of Project RSD49 at Nevsky Shipyard

Recently, the keel-laying ceremony for the sixth 7.150 DWT in the series of 10 dry-cargo «river-sea» vessels of project RSD49 (Yard № 406) took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The Shipyard is building the vessels for North-Western Shipping Company, JSC. The project is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau.

Vessels of the series can be operated for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, timber, grain, large-sized cargoes and hazardous cargoes of classes 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, White Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea including routes around Europe and on the Irish Sea in winter.

The vessels are being built according to the rules and under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) on Ship’s class – КМ Iсе2 R2 AUT1-C.

December 14th, 2010 – keel-laying for the first in the series self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of project RSD49, Yard No. 401

April 20th , 2011 – keel-laying for the second in the series self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of project RSD49, Yard No. 402

August 15th, 2011 – keel-laying for the third in the series self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of RSD49 project, Yard No. 403

October 24th, 2011 – keel-laying for the fourth in the series self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of RSD49 project, Yard No.404

December 20th, 2011 – keel-laying for the fifth in the series self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of RSD49 project, Yard No.405

Nevsky Shipyard, which is a part of transport holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding, is located 40 km away from Saint-Petersburg in the town of Schliesselburg on the left bank of the river Neva. The shipyard is one of the oldest enterprises of water transport in the northwest of Russia which started its shipbuilding activity since 1952. Nowadays the shipyard builds sea and river vessels of various types and purposes and carries out ship repair works of all kinds. Slipway for rising of vessels at Nevsky Shipyard allows the shipyard to launch and lift the vessels up to 140 m long and dock weight up to 2500 tons.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, May 29, 2012; Image: nssz