Third Tanker of Project RST-25 Hits the Water, Russia

Nobel Brothers Shipyard two days ago, on Nov. 20, hosted naming and launching ceremony for vessel Julius Makarenkov, the third tanker of Project RST-25 that is constructed for Moscow River Shipping Company.

Project RST25, designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau, is a completely new type of river-sea tankers with a higher class of ecological safety and automation. RST25 is a self-propelled oil tanker of mixed (river-sea) class with 6 cargo tanks for the transport of crude oil and oil products including gasoline, with no limit on flash point and the ability to carry two different kinds of goods simultaneously.

Distinctive features of the project’s tankers are the use of full-turning rudder-propellers as united facilities of movement and direction, the absence of longitudinal bulkhead in the center plane, the use of submersible pumps and complete lack of recruitment in cargo tanks. The vessel complies with the dimensions of the Volga-Don Canal and the Volga-Baltic Route.

Vessel Particulars:

Length overall – 139.99m

Calculated beam – 16.60m

Draught in the sea (SWL) / in the river – 4.175 / 3.60m

Deadweight, tons in the sea (T = 4.175) / in the river (T = 3.60) / in the river (T = 3.40) – 6613 / 5132 / 4692 t.

Power and type of ME – 2 x 1200 kW (6L20 Wartsila)

Speed (with a draft of SWL and 85% MCR) – 10.5 ± 0.3 knots

Reference information:

• The lead ship of the project RST25 “Alexander Shemagin” was laid down on December 21, 2010, the second vessel of RST25 “Pavel Yudin”, was laid down on May 17, 2011 and the third vessel of RST25 “Julius Makarenkov” – on November 1, 2011.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, November 22, 2012; Image: meb