OREANDA-NEWS. Tanker project RST 22 for Palmali Group was laid down at Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, MNP Group.

According to the press service of MNP Group, the contract was signed in February, 2007. Under the contract ten vessels of the project will be built at the Yard. Preliminary delivery date of five tankers project RST22 is year 2008, of other five vessels – year 2009.

Class of the tanker is - KM*LU1 II A1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The design was worked out by Marine Design Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine). The vessels obtain additional sign in the class symbol – EKO Project. This sign is indicative of additional requirements for pollution prevention at accidents. Environmentally safe vessels find credence of freight owners, maritime administration, and port authorities. MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction.

Maximum length of the vessel is 139.95 m, breadth – 16.60 m, depth – 6.0 m, capacity of six cargo and two slop tanks – 8,090 cubic m, main engine power - 2х1200 kW, speed – 10.5 knots.

MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction. MNP Group incorporates the leading Russian shipyards: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod), Volgograd Shipyard, as well as Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod), Volgograd Special Engineering Plant, Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhniy Novgorod) and Friede & Goldman (USA).