OREANDA-NEWS. Dry-cargo ship project RSD17 "Riad Akhmedov", built at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (MNP Group) for Palmali Group, has started the performance trial.

According to the press service of MNP Group, under the contract five dry-cargo ships of the project will be built at the Yard for Palmali Group.

Dry-cargo ship project RSD17 DWT 6,270 mt of the restricted navigation area is designed for transportation of all types of general cargoes, including 20-ft and 40-ft international standard containers, metal, grain, lumber, coal, bulky and heavy cargoes.

It is a single-deck single-screw vessel with wheelhouse and ER aft, with double bottom and double sides in cargo tanks area. Maximum length of the ship is 121,7 m, width - 16,7 m, depth - 6,2 m, draught - 5,06 m. The ship has three cargo holds of total capacity 9,370 cubic meters; capacity of ballast tanks is 3,120 cubic meters, TEU 234. Endurance of the ship is 20/25 days, speed -11,5 knots, crew is 12/14 persons.

The project of the dry-cargo ships is designed by Maritime Engineering Bureau (Odessa, Ukraine). Class is KM*LU2 I А1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, meets the requirements of international conventions. MNP Group is engaged in shipbuilding and offshore units design and construction.