V.F.Tanker takes delivery of eighteenth RST27 project tanker (photo)
On May 31, V.F.Tanker took the delivery of VF Tanker-18, eighth serial tanker of Volga-Don max class Project RST27, from Okskaya Shipyard, Marine Engineering Bureau informs.
As compared with other projects of Marine Engineering Bureau, 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.
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. Major characteristics of Volgo-Don max tankers: 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, crew - 12, berths - 14 + pilot, endurance (in sea / river) - 20/12 days.
The contract sea / river deadweight of 6,980/5,378 tonnes of V.F. Tanker-18 was added by 50 tonnes to 7,030/5,428 tonnes. The test speed was 11.7 knots.
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. 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 output of cargo pumps is 6 х 200 m3/h. There are two 2.5 t/h auxiliary steam-boilers. The vessel is equipped with two 1,200-kW main engines working on IFO380 and a 230-kW bow thruster. The power station comprises three 292-kW diesel-generators and 136-kW emergency diesel-generator.
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 lead vessel of the project was keel-laid on October 20, 2011; launched on April 27, 2012 and put into operation on July 17, 2012.
Okskaya Sudoverf (Shipyard Oka, 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.
