OREANDA-NEWS. December 06, 2010. Nizhny Novgorod-based Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard on December 4th launched a second ‘rive-sea’ oil tanker of project 19900. The Customer is SVL (SVL Active Trading Ltd.). The vessel was named SVL Glory. The first tanker SVL PRIDE was built in record time and delivered to the customer in November 2010, the MNP Group’s press service said (the Group manages Krasnoye Sormovo).

The contract for two 7,100dwt oil tankers was signed in May 2010.
 
"The launch of the third tanker (the lead ship was built for Turkmenistan) designed by our own design bureau gives us a sense of joy. Both vessels, under the contract, were built ahead of all possible schedules, and this is becoming the norm for us. Almost all launches were ahead of schedule, but construction of SVL’s two tankers breaks all records, and not just our own", says Vadim Malov, the MNP’s General Director.

The vessel was designed to KM Ice l [1] R2 AUT1-ICS OMBO LI VCS Oil Tanker (ESP) of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Ship characteristics: length – 141,40 m, beam – 16,84 m, depth – 6,82 m, speed - not less than 10.5 knots, endurance – 20 days in the sea, 10 days in the river, the number of tanks - 12, of slop tanks – 2, crew - 12/14. DWT in salt water - 7100 tons at 4,60 m draft, in fresh water - 4700 tons at 3,60 m draft. Capacity of 12 cargo tanks and two slop tanks - 8,256 cbm, main engine power rated 2x1200 kW, speed - 10.5 knots.

Krasnoye Sormovo Plant is one of the oldest Russian shipbuilding companies, founded back in 1849. All vessels built at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard meet the requirements of MARPOL conventions, having the state-of-the-art equipment.

MNP Group (Sea, Oil & Gas Projects) is the Company Manager of shipbuilding projects. The Group is comprised of Plant Krasnoye (Red) Sormovo (Nizhny Novgorod), Sormovskoe (Sormovo) Engineering (Nizhny Novgorod) and the Volga-Caspian Design Bureau (Nizhny Novgorod).