Okskaya Shipyard launches VF Tanker-18, eighth vessel of RST27 project
On March 26, 2013, Okskaya Shipyard launched the VF Tanker-18, eighth serial tanker of Volga-Don max class Project RST27, built for V.F.Tanker, the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
The contract sea / river deadweight of 6,980/5,378 tonnes of V.F. Tanker-11 was added by 50 tons to 7,030/5,428 tonnes. The test speed was 11.7 knots.
As compared with other MEB projects, the new tanker features an increased river function, deadweight increased by 716 tonnes versus Armada series and reinforced hull (sea class R2, or region II under old RS classification) with the same fuel consumption and the same increased capacity of cargo tanks.
The hull form is a product of the scientific work carried out by the Marine Engineering Bureau and Digital Marine Technology in 2010. It was defined with the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD modeling and tested at the towage tank of CSRI of Academic A.N.Krylov.
RST27 project vessels of Volga-Don Max class meet the dimensions of the Volga-Don Ship Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway. LOA - 140.85 m, beam - 16.6 m, depth - 6 m.
The design takes into account special requirements of Russian and global oil companies as well as additional environmental restrictions of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping «ECO PROJECT» (ECO-S).
The tanker is designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with no flash point.
The vessel’s main characteristics: capacity of six cargo tanks and two slop tanks – 8,100 cubic meters, sea / river DWT – 7,030/5,428 tonnes with draft of 4.2 / 3.6 m, operational speed – 10.5 knots.
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 (ESP).
The shipyard is to build 15 tankers of the series.
The head vessel of the project was keel-laid on October 20, 2011; launched on April 27, 2012 and put into operation on July 17, 2012. The eighth vessel of project RST27 “VF Tanker-18” (construction number 02708) was laid down on September 3, 2012.
Okskaya Sudoverf (Oka Shipyard, based in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region) was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard OJSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The shipyard specializes in building multipurpose river and sea-going vessels.
Nizhny Novgorod-based Volga-Flot-Tanker (V.F.Tanker LLC) was set up in 2001 with the participation of Volga Shipping Company, part of VBTH Holding, the majority stakeholder of which is UCL Holding, international transportation group consolidating a number of Russian shipping stevedoring and shipbuilding companies.
The Company is focused on oil product transportation by inland water ways. It operates more than 40 ships of total tonnage exceeding 170,000 tonnes. V.F. 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.
