The shipyard has delivered the Gennady Yegorov and the Vyacheslav Arshinov
Okskaya Sudoverf shipyard (Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod Region) has delivered two new dry cargo ship of Project RSD59, named Gennady Yegorov and Vyacheslav Arshinov, to State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK), according to GTLK.
GTLK contributes to import substitution in the shipbuilding industry awarding large serial orders to the shipyards. As of today, GTLK is the main customer of RSD59 ships. It is the largest series under construction at Russian shipyards over the recent decade.
The RSD59 series vessels were designed for transportation of break bulk, bulk, container, timber, grain and oversize cargo, dangerous goods (Classes 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 IMDG Code and BC Code’s Appendix B in the Caspian Sea, in the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic, White, North Seas, including sailings around Europe and to the Irish Sea in winter season.
The new series is a successor of RSD49 design which had three holds. RSD59 ships with extra full hull forms have a unique second hold, the largest among Volgo-Don Max ships.
The vessel’s class notation is КМ Ice2(hull; power) R2 АUT1-ICS BWM(T) CONT (deck, cargo holds Nos.1,2) DG (bulk, pack) of theRussian Maritime Register of Shippingwhich meets all the requirements of international conventions in force at the time of the vessel’s laying.
Deadweight in the sea with draft of 4.706 m – 8,144 t; Deadweight in river with draft of 3.60 m – 5,320 t. The maximum length is 141.0 m, the overall width is 16.98 m, depth is 6.00 m. The capacity of cargo holds is 11,400 cubic meters (L x W x H: 77.35 х 12.25 х 9.0 m and 27.03 х 12.25 х 9.0 m). The operating speed is 10.5 knots. Endurance in sea – 20 days. Crew – 11, berths – 14.
Design service life of the hull is 24 years. The second bottom is designed for intensity of load of 12.0 t/sqm and for operation of a 16-tonne clamshell.
