OREANDA-NEWS.. The lead dry-cargo ship project RSD19 "Iran Anzali", built at Volgograd Shipyard for Irinvestship Limited (Iran), was handed over to the customer.

According to the press service of the MNP Group, the acceptance certificate was signed in Astrakhan, where the vessel passed performance trial.

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) - 6,75/4,343 mt, cargo capacity (sea/river) - 6,325/4,1 mt. The design was worked out by Maritime Engineering Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine) for class KM&LU 21 IA1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and meets all the requirements of international conventions.

According to the Bureau classification, the vessel refers to the “Volgo-Don max” class - the higher class for operation in the sea and higher hull strength standard. 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. The designed service life of the hull is 24 years.