OREANDA-NEWS. April 06, 2010. Nevsky Shipbuilding & Shipyard Plant OJSC (Schlisselburg, Leningrad region) has launched Bergen Tank, a bunker vessel of SK4902/10021 Project, ordered by Haugland Tankers AS (Norway, a Bergen tankers AS subsidiary).
 
The ship is the second in a series of two fuelers. The tanker is 93.5% ready. As the Plant's Director General Vasiliy Bazhenov says, the tanker will be delivered in May 2010. Mooring and sea trials of the bunkering ship will be held in the waters of Lake Ladoga. The vessel is designed for operations in harborage of Oslo and Bergen ports (Norway).

The SK4902/10021 Project ship was designed by Skipskonsulent AS (Bergen, Norway). LOA - 47.85 m, width - 10 m, depth - 4 m, draft – 2.85 m, 850 DWT. The volume of cargo tank is 750 m3. The vessel is designed for transportation of light and dark oil (flashpoint above 60C) and bunkering of vessels.

According to Mr. Bazhenov the Nevsky’s portfolio of orders does not include any bunkering vessel. However, when MARPOL Convention requirements come into force in Russia the bunkering market operators will have to upgrade their fleets. That means more contracts for the Plant.

Nevsky Shipbuilding & Shipyard LLC is located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg in Schlusselburg on the left bank of the Neva River. It is one of the oldest shipping companies in the Russia’s North-West. The Company has building ships since 1952, river and seagoing vessels of various types and purposes. Nevsky provides repairs of all ship types.  Nevsky Shipyard’s slipway allows lifting and launching 140-m-long, 2.500-ton vessels.