Okskaya Shipyard lays down multipurpose bunkering tanker of project 92800 for Tuapse Commercial Seaport
On November 27, 2014, Shipyard “Oka” held a keel-laying ceremony for the multipurpose bunkering tanker of project 92800, press center of UCL Holding says.
The tanker will be built to the order of Tuapse Commercial Seaport OJSC.
The bunkering tanker is intended for transportation of marine diesel fuel with hazard level 3 according to International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (light fuels with flash point of over 60°С) and density of у=0.82-0.86 t/m3 as well as for bunkering of vessels and collecting bilge/waste water. The vessel will be fitted with equipment which can be used for collecting diesel fuel and oil from water surface in case of oil spills.
The vessel is to be used for off-harbour and coastal transportation within the limits specified by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Operation conditions: round-the-year operation in ice-free seas.
Major characteristics: length max – 41.3 m, LWL – 38.3 m, width – 8.4 m, depth – 4.4 m, designed draft – 3.0 m, deadweight – 450 t.
Okskaya Sudoverf (Shipyard “Oka”) based in Navashino of Nizhny Novgorod region was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard JSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The firm specializes in building multipurpose river and sea going vessels. The company’s major shareholder is Universal Cargo Logistics Holding B.V. (UCL Holding).
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding is the International transportation group, its companies perform transportation of cargoes by railway and river-sea transport, handling of cargoes in Russian ports, render logistic services and also perform cruise activities.
Holding consolidates several railway operators working at the territory of Russia and in a number CIS and European countries, stevedoring companies in the North-West and South of the country, Volga, North-Western and Western Shipping companies, a number of shipping and logistic assets both in Russia and abroad.
According to their activities, сcompanies of the holding are merged in three divisions,– UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH.
