Readiness of fleet attendance tanker Akademik Pashin being built at Nevsky Shipyard exceeds 65% (photo)
Readiness of the Akademik Pashin, Arctic tanker of Project 23130 being built at Nevsky Shipyard for the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation, exceeds 65%, Yevgeny Kuznetsov, Director General of the shipyard, told IAA PortNews.
The launching of the ship is scheduled for April 2016.
The ship was laid down on April 26, 2014. 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 signed the State Contract for the construction of sea tanker 23130 project. The delivery is scheduled for late 2016 – early 2017.
Major characteristics: length overall – 130 m; breadth overall – about 21 m; draught overall – about 7,0 m; deadweight at draught 7,0 m – about 9,000 t; maximum speed – 16 knots; endurance – 60 days; ship’s crew – 24 persons; sailing area – unlimited in accordance with ship’s class according to the rules of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
Nevsky Shipyard, LLC is located 40 km away from Saint-Petersburg in the town of Schliesselburg on the left bank of the river Neva. The Shipyard is one of the oldest enterprises of water transport in the northwest of Russia which started its shipbuilding activity since 1952. Nowadays the Shipyard builds sea and river vessels of various types and purposes and carries out all kinds of ship repair works. The slipway for vessels rising allows to launch and lift for repairs the vessels up to 140 meters long and dock weight up to 3,000 tons.
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