Lotos Shipyard (Astrakhan) launches M/V Anatoly Sidenko, second dry cargo carrier of project RSD49 (photo)
On September 21, 2013, Lotos Shipyard OJSC (Astrakhan region) launched the second multipurpose dry cargo carrier of project RSD49 (construction number 302) built be the shipyard, says press center of Marine Engineering Bureau which designed the series.
Lotos is building two vessels of this project with participation of Goznak-Leasing CJSC as the lessor and shipping company Ankor LLC as the lessee. The leasing company’s loan holder is the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
Currently, the RSD49 vessels are so far the largest of dry cargo ships that satisfy the dimensions of Volga-Don Shipping Canal.
The Volga-Don Max vessels of mixed river-sea sailing are designed for transportation of general and bulk cargoes, including steel, grain, timber, coal, oversized and heavy-lift and dangerous cargoes of classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 by IC IMDG and Annex B of the BC Code in the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic, White and North seas, including sailings around Europe and in the Irish Sea during winter season.
Classification: КМ Ice2 R2 AUT1-C by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Meets all international conventions valid as of the date of keel-laying.
Major characteristics: length overall – 139.95 m, beam overall – 16.70 m, depth – 6.00 m, cargo holds capacity – 10,920 cbm, cruising speed – 11.5 knots. Sea endurance - 20 days, crew - 10 persons, accommodation - 12.
M/V Vladimir Zakharenko, lead vessel of project RSD49 (construction number 301) was laid down by Lotos shipyard on January 27, 2011, and launched on February 26, 2013.
M/V Anatoly Sidenko, second vessel of project RSD49 (construction number 302) was laid down by Lotos shipyard on January 27, 2011.
Astrakhan-based Lotos Shipyard specializes in the construction of modules for fixed offshore drilling platforms, designed for offshore exploration and production of oil and gas. The shipbuilding company’s major stockholders are United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Caspian Energy Group (CNRG) and the Astrakhan regional government. Since 2012 the shipbuilding company has been under control of USC.
