VBTH commissions seventh bulker of DCV36 project Onix
On June 28, 2012, VBTH commissioned into service the 5,039DWT Onix, the 7th vessel in a series of multipurpose seagoing dry cargo ships of DCV36 project built at China’s Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding (QHS), the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
Contract for the construction was signed on January 30, 2009. Steel-cutting ceremony was held on December 24, 2009 at QHS, keel-laying - on July 19, 2010, launching – on October 25, 2011.
Russian shipping (North-Western Shipping Company, Volga Shipping, VF Tanker, etc.), stevedoring and shipbuilding assets (Okskaya Shipyard, BorRemFlot, etc.).
The innovative DCV36 project vessels with increased deadweight were designed for transportation of seaborne general and bulk cargo, including 20’ and 40’ containers with height of up to 9.5 foot (including reefer containers), metal, grain, timber, coal, bulk and heavy-lift cargo, dangerous goods of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9, and Annex "B" to the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft. The vessel project was designed to the class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping KM AUT1 Ice 3. The DCV36 project bulker has unlimited navigation area.
The DCV36 bulker is a modern single-deck, single-hold and single-screw motor ship of unrestricted navigation area (versus the same class vessels of projects RSD44 RSD49), which has forecastle and poop, aft based deckhouse and engine room, double bottom and double sides in cargo holds area, removable grain bulkheads with bulb fore and transom aft ends, with Cargotec’s side-rolling hatch covers, with bow thruster.
Ship’s general characteristic:
LOA - 89.96 m;
Beam - 14.5 m;
Depth - 7.5 m;
LWL - 6.4 m, the draft DWT – 5026 t.
Cargo hold dimensions - 60 x 11.5 x 9.2 m, which allows placement of 3 tiers of 9.5-foot containers, and also provides for transportation of large-sized cargoes. Cargo holds capacity - 6230 cbm. Double bottom is designed for distributed load intensity of 14.0 t / sqm and for bucket grab usage.
The DCV36 project lead ship "Amethyst" was laid down at the Chinese shipyard on November 16, 2009, launched on May 17, 2010 and commissioned on April 22, 2011. VBTH commissioned the sixth bulker of the project (the M/V Nephrite) on April 10, 2012.