Nevsky Shipyard starts sea trials of Neva-Leader-2 bulker
The dry bulker carrier Neva-Leader-2 (Hull No 402, Project RSD49) built at Nevsky Shipyard has set out on the shipyard’s sea trials, the Company’s press release said. The project was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb.
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 ordered 12 vessels of RSD49 project. Two ships to be built at Astrakhan-based Lotus Shipyard. The lead ship of the series M/V Neva-Leader-1 was floated out in May. The first ship's dock-side trials will be completed in the fall of 2012.
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.
