Nevsky Shipyard and RF Ministry of Defence sign contract for construction of 9,000-dwt fleet attendance tanker
On November 1st, 2013, the Federal Agency for Weaponry, Military and Special Equipment and Material facilities Procurement (Rosoboronpostavka), representative of The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, and Nevsky Shipyard LLC (Leningrad region) signed the State Contract for the construction of sea tanker of 23130 project.
The tanker is to be built and delivered to the Ministry of Defence in 2016.
The tanker will have the following characteristics: deadweight at draught 7 m – 9,000 t, length overall - 130 m, breadth overall – about 21 m, depth – 10 m, draught – 7 m.
As IAA PortNews reported earlier, on October 14, 2013, Nevsky Shipyard was acknowledged as a winner of the competitive tender announced by the Defense Ministry. The contract was initially valued at RUB 3.86 bln млн while the shipyard’s proposal was to build it for RUB 2.978 bln. The proposal of Admiralty Shipyards (Saint-Petersburg) was less interesting.
Nevsky Shipyard LLC, a subsidiary of JSC North-Western Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding), is located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg in Shlisselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. The company has been engaged in shipbuilding since 1952. Nevsky Shipyard builds sea-going and river vessels of various types and purposes and provides all kinds of ship repair. Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows launching and lifting for repair 140-m-long vessels with dock weight of up to 3,000 tonnes.
