China: Qingshan Shipyard Delivers Bulk Carrier FESCO Stavropol

Qingshan Shipyard Delivers Bulk Carrier FESCO Stavropol

On April 24th the Qingshan Shipyard (China) held christening and delivery ceremony for 57,000 dwt bulk carrier FESCO Stavropol. This fourth ship delivered to FESCO Transport Group closes the current orderbook at this shipyard.

FESCO Stavropol is the single-screw, single continuous deck motor ship with double bottom, aft engine room and superstructure, bulbous bow and transom stern.

The series lead vessel named FESCO Saratov was commissioned in July, 2011; the second ship – MV FESCO Simferopol in November last year;  the third – MV FESCO Smolensk – in January this year.

Vessel Particulars:

Length o.a. – 189.99 m

Length between perpendiculars – 185 m

Breadth – 32.26 m

Depth moulded – 18.0 m

Designed draft moulded – 11.30 m

Scantling draft moulded – 12.80 m

Overall height above base line – abt., 40.4 m

Grain – 71600.0 m3

Register tonnage gross – 33044

Net – 19231

Type of hatch covers – weather-tight double skin folding type with flat top and out-place hydraulic cylinders

Cranes – 4 × 30 t

Class –  BV + HULL, + Bulk carrier, BC-A, GRAB (20T), CSR, Holds 2, 4 may be Empty, ESP, unrestricted navigation, + AUT-UMS, VeriSTAR-HULL, INWATERSURVEY, MON-SHAFT

Qingshan Shipyard of China Changjiang National Shipping Group, with more than 50 years history of shipbuilding, is a large size enterprise confirmed by the State and the largest inland shipbuilding base.

FESCO Transport Group is a leading Russian integrated transport and logistics company. The Group owns a fleet of more than 800,000DWT to carry 18,000 TEUs. The Group manages a diversified fleet of its own railway rolling stock of over 17,000 units. Its own container fleet is about 50,000 TEUs. Total container throughput of the Group’s port facilities exceeds 1.6 mln TEUs.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, April 27, 2012; Image: fesco