Yaroslavl Shipyard lays the keel of bunkering tanker project RT18 (graphics)
On March 12, 2013, Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant laid the keel of the first in the series of three bunkering tankers of project RT18 (construction number 10901) for FSOE RechVodPut of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency of the Russian Federation, announces the Marine Engineering Bureau (the series projector).
The vessel is designed for shore-to-vessel or vessel-to-vessel acceptance, transportation as well as vessel-to-shore or vessel-to-vessel discharge of oil products with flash-point exceeding 60°С. It can also transport diesel fuel, lube products with viscosity of up to 50 Cst under 50°С.
The vessel’s navigation area is inland water ways of the Russian Federation (corresponding to navigation area О 2.0).
The bunkering tanker is a steel single-deck self-propelled double-screw vessel with a double bottom and double broadsides, as well as a bow propulsion unit.
The vessel’s major characteristics: length overall – about 61.29 m; breadth overall – about 10.42 m; midship beam – 10 m; hull height – 2.60 m; deadweight - 517 tons; speed – about 9 knots; RS Class: О 2.0 (ice 30) А.
Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant is situated in the central part of Russia, on the bank of the river Volga. It is an Open Joint Stock Company since 1993. It is a modern company capable of manufacturing products for both civil and military purposes; building vessels of any difficulty level - from small patrol boats to large sea and river going vessels of displacement up to 2,000 tons.
The shipyard’s current state-ordered projects are: seagoing tug of project 745 mbs and three landing boats of project 21820 for the RF Ministry of Defense; three high-speed patrol boats of project 12260 for the RF Federal Security Service; six boom-laying boats of project SV 2407 and three bunkering tankers of project RT 18 for the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency.
