V.F. Tanker takes delivery of 11th RST27 tanker from Okskaya Shipyard (photo release)
Shipping company Volga Fleet Tanker (V.F. Tanker) on September 2, 2013 accepted delivery of “VF Tanker-21”, the eleventh Volga-Don Max tanker of RST27 project built at Okskaya Shipyard, the design developer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
The VF-21 Tanker is the twenty first tanker of RST27 design delivered in the 2012-2013 period from two shipbuilding contractors: Okskaya Shipyard and Krasnoye Sormovo. The ship’s projected 6980/5378 DWT was echanced by 50 tonnes to 7030/5428 DWT.
The new tanker of mixed river-sea sailings is the evolution of other projects of Odessa-based firm MEB and features increased river function (by 716dwt) . The hull form of Project RST27 Volga-Don-max tanker is a result of scientific research carried out in 2010 and was defined with the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD modeling and tested at the towage tank of CSRI of Academic A.N. Krylov. The double-sides and double-bottom hull ensures enhanced environmental safety. The vessel is of R2 class sailing region, or II region due to old RS classification.
The product, chemical tanker has six cargo and two slop tanks for transportation of crude oil and oil products with no flash point limits and vegetable oils. They have no longitudinal bulkhead in CL and no framing in cargo tanks. The series tankers have full revolving rudder propellers, increased trunk and submersible cargo pumps. The RST27 project was developed to the class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping KM Ice1 R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO VCS ECO-S Oil tanker – Chemical tanker Type 2 (ESP).
The RST27 series tankers satisfy the dimensions of the Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway. The vessel’s Sea / River DWT - 7030/5428; length overall - 140.85 m; Beam - 16.6 m; Depth - 6 m,
The design developer took into account the special requirements of Russian and international oil companies, additional environmental requirements of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) ECO-S class.
The RST27-series flagship V.F. Tanker-11 was laid down at Okskaya Shipyard on October 20, 2011, launched on 27 April 2012 and delivered on 17 July 2012.
Okskaya (Oka) Shipyard based in Navashino of Nizhny Novgorod region was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard JSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The firm specializes in building multipurpose river and sea-going vessels. In 2004, Okskaya Shipyard became part of VBTH, majority owned by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding.
Nizhny Novgorod-based V.F. Tanker LLC, a shipping division of international transportation group UCL Holding, was founded in 2001 in conjunction with Volga Shipping Company. The Company operates more than 40 ships of total tonnage of more than 170,000 tons. VF Tanker specializes in shipping of oil products via inland waterways from refineries (Belaya and Kama rivers) to St. Petersburg and further by seagoing ships to the ports of destination.
