Nevsky-Built NEVA-LEADER 4 Embarks on Maiden Voyage

On July 18th, 2013 the dry-cargo vessel “NEVA-LEADER 4”, built at Nevsky Shipyard, set off on her maiden voyage from the Shipyard’s quay in Schliesselburg to one of Volga’s port for loading of exported cargo of about 4000 tons, which should be transported across the Black Sea, according to the press service of North-Western Shipping Company, JSC.

Multipurpose dry-cargo vessels of deadweight more than 7000 tons, pertaining to RSD49 project, are the largest of the existing dry-cargo vessels of “river-sea” type in Russia. The vessels are intended for transportation of general and bulk cargoes including grain, timber, and large-dimension cargoes across the Caspian Sea as well as the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and North Sea including routes around Europe and on the Irish Sea in winter.

Nevsky Shipyard is building 10 sister-vessels for North-Western Shipping Company, JSC. The construction is carrying out large fleet renewal of VBTH, a shipping division of international transportation group UCL Holding.

Nowadays, RSD49 project motor vessels transport general cargoes from North Europe ports to Russian river ports and South European seaports. In the period from November, 2012 to July, 18th, 2013 the first three RSD49 project vessels – “NEVA-LEADER 1”, “NEVA-LEADER 2” and “NEVA-LEADER 3” – transported 170 000 tons of cargo.

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Press Release, July 23, 2013