Idel’s new RSD-59 ship to be named after project designer Gennady Yegorov
That will be the first ship of the 2022 order portfolio
The new series is a successor of RSD49 design which had three holds. RSD59 ships with extra full hull forms have a unique second hold, the largest among Volgo-Don Max ships. The vessel’s class notation is КМ Ice2(hull; power) R2 АUT1-ICS BWM(T) CONT (deck, cargo holds Nos.1,2) DG (bulk, pack) of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping which meets all the requirements of international conventions in force at the time of the vessel's laying. Design service life of the hull is 24 years. The second bottom is designed for intensity of load of 12.0 t/sqm and for operation of a 16-tonne clamshell. Related link:
The dry cargo ship named Gennady Yegorov will be built by Okskaya Shipyard (Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod Region). The ship laid down in May 2021 is to be launched in the beginning of 2022. The contract for construction of a series numbering three ships of RSD-59 design was signed in the end of 2020 by Idel, Okskaya Shipyard and State Transport Leasing Company.
It is Russia’s first ship complying with IMO DE-Tier III regulations. The 8,144-dwt ship of Project RSD59 was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau.
The RSD59 series vessels were designed for transportation of break bulk, bulk, container, timber, grain and oversize cargo, dangerous goods in the Caspian Sea, in the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic, White, North Seas, including sailings around Europe and to the Irish Sea in winter season.
Deadweight in the sea with draft of 4.706 m – 8,144 t; Deadweight in river with draft of 3.60 m – 5,320 t. The maximum length is 141.0 m, the overall width is 16.98 m, depth is 6.00 m. The capacity of cargo holds is 11,400 cubic meters (L x W x H: 77.35 х 12.25 х 9.0 m and 27.03 х 12.25 х 9.0 m). The operating speed is 10.5 knots. Endurance in sea - 20 days. Crew - 11, berths - 14.
