OREANDA-NEWS. Volgograd Shipyard, MNP Group, continues building the 2nd and the 3rd dry-cargo ships project RSD29 for Irinvestship Limited (Iran).

According to the press service of MNP Group, in August, 2005 Volgograd Shipyard signed contact with Irinvestship Limited for building a series of river-sea-going dry-cargo ships project RSD19.

Four ships are scheduled to be built within two years upon signature of the contract. The lead ship was launched in November, 2006. The second vessel was keel-laid in June, 2006, the third – in October.

At present the assembling of the engine room and aft sections is performed at two vessels simultaneously. The Yard has started preparation for construction of the fourth vessel project RSD19.

Maximum length of the ships project RSD19 is 140 m, width - 16.70 m, depth - 6 m, draught (sea/river) is - 4.6/3.6 m, ballast draught is - 3.15 m, deadweight (sea/river) - 6,750/4,343 mt, cargo capacity (sea/river) - 6,325/4,100 mt. The design was worked out by Maritime Engineering Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine) for class KM&LU 2 1 IА1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the requirements of international conventions.

The dry-cargo ship is designed for transportation of general and bulk cargo, timber and large-size cargo, 8.5-9-ft international standard containers.

The ship is fitted with 4 cargo tanks of total capacity 10,800 cubic m, capacity of ballast tanks is 3,900 cubic m, sea endurance is 4,000 miles, loaded speed is 10.5 knots, the crew is 13/16 people.