OREANDA-NEWS. The fourth dry-cargo ship project RSD19 was keel-laid at Volgograd Shipyard, MNP Group. The vessel is built under the order of Irinvestship Limited (Iran). The second vessel was laid down in June, 2006, the third – in October.

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 of the project was launched in November, 2006.

Maximum length of the ship is 140 m, width – 16,7 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 KM&LU 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.