Neva-Leader 4 being built by Nevsky Shipyard set off on sea trials
On June 29th, 2013 the vessel «NEVA-LEADER 4» dwt 7150 t set off on builder's sea trials. The self-propelled dry-cargo vessel «NEVA-LEADER 4», the fourth in a series of 10 vessels, is being built at Nevsky Shipyard for North -Western Shipping Company, JSC.
The project RSD49 is developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC.
The first three dry-cargo vessels have been already delivered to the Customer and now they are successfully operated.
In the period from November, 2012 to May, 2013 the first two RSD49 project vessels - "NEVA-LEADER 1" and "NEVA-LEADER 2" - transported more than 100 000 tons of cargoes.
Nevsky Shipyard LLC - one of the oldest enterprises of water transport in the northwest of Russia, is situated 40 km away from Saint Petersburg, in Shliesselburg. It started shipbuilding in 1952. Nevsky Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. The Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair of 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 2,500 tonnes.
