OREANDA-NEWS. July 20, 2009. Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (MNP Group) and Turkmenian Sea and River Shipping Company signed a contract for construction of two tankers of about 7000 DWT. Each vessel costs USD 15.5 mln, total contract cost - USD 31 mln. According to the contract the tankers will be handed over the customer in 2009

Maximum length of the vessel is 139.95 m, breadth – 16.60 m, depth – 6.0 m, deadweight – 7050 ton, capacity of six cargo and two slop tanks – 8,090 cubic m, main engine power - 2х1200 kW, speed – 10.5 knots.

MNP Group incorporates the leading Russian shipyards: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod), Volgograd Shipyard as well as Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau, Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod) and Volgograd Special Engineering Plant.