The North-West Shipping Company accepted and put into service the Yashma multipurpose dry-cargo vessel that is the last in series of ten vessels of Type DCV36. All the vessels are built at the Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Yard. In the beginning of January, the Yashma is expected to be loaded with cargo at one of the Chinese ports to be then going to the destination point in the Black Sea. The vessels of Type DCV36 having tonnage of 5 thousand tons are intended for transportation of general and bulk cargo between ports of the Black, Mediterranean, North and Baltic Seas. The high ice class (Ice3) of these vessels makes it possible to use them in the Baltic and White Seas in winter.
Russia needs more ship-repair yards Creation of the Southern Ship Repairing Centre will not only meet the requirements of the Russian fleet in servicing, but also invoke the development of industry in the south of Russia, stated Alexander Shishkarev after the meeting concerning the basing of the Black Sea Fleet and development of ship repair facilities in southern Russia hold by deputy of the State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications. He reminded that now a vessel basing site is being built in Novorossiysk as well as a new base for vessels in Temryuk. Nevertheless, there are many difficulties regarding the territory for arranging ammunition storage, supplying and loading weapons to ships in the area of Malyy Utrish. Also, financing is out of schedule. Obviously, considering arming and equipping programme till 2020 and commissioning of ships for combat duty in 2014-2015, ship-repair facilities do not correspond to the needs of the fleet.
The official ceremony took place at the Yaroslavl Shipyard. The new vessel was named Michman Lermontov in the memory of distant relative of the great poet and hero of the Patriotic War of 1812. Now, under the contract with the Ministry of Defence signed in June 2011, the Denis Davydov and Leitenant Rimsky-Korsakov vessels are being constructed at the Yaroslavl Shipyard. New boats are to be provided according to the State Defence Order. Each fleet will get four or five boats of the type.
The new NS Yakutia bulk ship was launched on Monday in Korea. The ship will sweep the seas under the flag of African state of Liberia. This information is available at the official website of the Sovcomflot. The ship is intended for cargo transportation in the Far East District. The NS Yakutia bulk ship was constructed at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and will be used for supplying coal, grain, iron ore, potash, cement and nonhazardous fertilizers. In addition to the ice class allowing NS Yakutia to operate in the Far East in winter, the bulk ship has a high level of environmental protection, as stated the representative of the permanent mission.
Specifications:
Overall length: 225.00 m
Width: 32.25 m
Hull height: 19.50 m
Maximum draught: 14.10 m
Deadweight: 74 000 t
Number of cargo holds: 7.
Alexeyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau, Nizhny Novgorod is developing a new hydrofoil vessels with captured-air-bubble. The customer is the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Trials of hull and hydrofoil unit (new model is named Valday 45-RK) are scheduled for 2014. The use of carbon fibre reinforced plastic materials will allow reducing the cost of serial vessels, improving comfort by reducing noise and vibration as well as providing up-to-date appearance of the vessel. Also, construction of the vessel will require less working hours, the vessel will feature reduced fuel consumption (by 5 per cent) and improved safety. The vessel dimensions of 21x3.6 m ensure that the vessel can move at a speed of 60 km/h (speed of the first type of Russian hydrofoil boats named Raketa is almost the same).
The HHL NEW YORK vessel entered Avachinskaya Bay. The vessel carries Sosnovka-3 and Sosnovka-4 sea self-propelled barges on board. These barges were built in the Kirov Region at the Sosnovka Shipyard based on the special design considering severe conditions of Kamchatka. The length of Sosnovka barges is 42 m and tonnage 250 t. The barges are designed for transporting general and bulk cargo, containers on the cargo deck, wheeled and tracked vehicles.
Russia changes the policy regarding foreign employees. The Russian Federal Drug Control Service says the following on the matter. In general, eight federal migration laws has come into force since January. One of the amendments improves the procedure of attracting highly qualified foreign specialists (employees) for ship crews and makes it possible for foreign citizens who are temporarily resident in the Russian Federation to work in Russia without work permit. Now all the documents for employment of foreign specialists can be submitted in the electronic form (including the Internet).
Nevsky Shipyard laid the keel of the ninth Neva-Leader 9 multipurpose dry cargo vessel of Type RSD49 designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau. The customer is Northwestern Shipping Company. The vessels of Type RSD49 (as well as their prototype RSD19) regarding the displacement, nowadays are considered to be the largest of cargo vessels satisfying the dimensions of the the Volga-Don Canal. Deadweight is about 4520 t on the river at of 3.60 m draught (which is specific for the Volga-Don Canal) and maximum deadweight is 7143 t at draught 4.70 m at sea. Length is 139.95 m, overall width is 16.70 m. Design life of the hull is 24 years.
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