Nevsky Shipyard starts sea trials of M/V Neva-Leader 3 (photo release)
The self-propelled 7150DWT dry bulk carrier Neva-Leader 3 (Hull No 403) on April 30, 2013 left a Nevsky Shipyard’s dock to undergo the shipbuilder’s sea trials, the shipbuilding company press release said. The vessel of project RSD49 was built for North Western Shipping Company. The project was developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-St.Pb.
Nevsky Shipyard is executing a contract for a series of ten self-propelled dry cargo ships of 7150DWT of Project RSD49 for North Western Shipping Company. Overall, the NW Shipping had ordered 12 vessels of RSD49 project. Two ships will be built at Astrakhan-based Lotus Shipyard. The M/V Neva-Leader-1 was outfitted at Petrozavodsk-based Onega docks and floated out in May, 2012.
The Volga-Don Max vessels of mixed river-sea sailing are designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, including steel, grain, timber, coal, oversized and heavy-lift and dangerous cargoes of classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 by IC IMDG and Annex B of the BC Code in the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic, White and North seas, including sailings around Europe and in the Irish Sea during winter season.
The series vessel (in contrast to other Volga-Don max class ships created by Marine Engineering Bureau) features a 52-m-long middle cargo hold for shipping oversized project cargo on direct Europe - Caspian Sea lane. This should make the vessel operation cost-effective.
The project was designed to CM Ice2 R2 AUT1-C class of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and meets all the requirements of international conventions, effective as of the vessel’s keel-laying.
Currently, the RSD49 vessels (like their predecessors of RSD19) are by far the largest of dry cargo ships that satisfy the dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
Ship’s main characteristics: sea / river draft – 4.70m / 3.60m, sea / river DWT – 7150t / 4520t; length overall - 139.95 m, breadth overall - 16.70 m, depth - 6.00 m; cargo holds capacity - 10,920 cbm.
About Nevsky Shipyard
Nevsky Shipyard LLC, a subsidiary of JSC North-Western Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding), is located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg in Shlisselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. Nevsky Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 2500 tons.
About North-Western Shipping
North-Western Shipping Company is the largest carrier in Russia’s water transport system, specializing in shipping import / export general cargo, bulk, suction and grab bulk cargoes, oversized cargo and vessels. The company’s fleet comprises about 105 cargo ships of total DWT 350,000 tons, including 83 mixed-sailing "river-sea” vessels, 8 barges, 8 tugs and 6 auxiliary ships. The NWS Company transports 6 million tons of different cargo a year. The Company is member of VBTH, a shipping division of UCL Holding, majority-owned by VBTH), consolidating a number of Russian rail, stevedoring and logistics assets. The division also includes Volga and Western Company, several cruise and shipbuilding companies.
