OREANDA-NEWS. The lead dry-cargo ship project RSD19, built at Volgograd Shipyard for Irinvestship Limited (Iran), steamed from Volgograd to Astrakhan.

Due to warm weather it was possible to forward the vessel to Astrakhan, where it will be painted, will pass the performance trial and handed over to the customer.

According to the press service of MNP Group, the contact for building a series of river-sea-going dry-cargo ships project RSD19 was signed by Volgograd Shipyard and Irinvestship Limited in August, 2005. 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 laid down in June, 2006, the third – in October, the fourth – in December, 2006.

Maximum length of the ship is 140 m, width – 16.70 m, depth – 6 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 КМ*ЛУ 2 1 IА1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the requirements of international conventions.

The multi-purpose dry-cargo ship has the maximum for the Volga-Don route overall dimensions and 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.