On May 31st, 2013 the dry-cargo vessel “NEVA-LEADER 3”, built at Nevsky Shipyard, completed the loading of 6700 tons fertilizer at Vyborg Port and set off on her maiden voyage to Poland, according to the press service of North-Western Shipping Company, JSC.
The motor vessel is planned to be used at the Baltic Sea basin for transportation of general and bulk cargoes in the months ahead.
General dry-cargo vessels of deadweight more than 7000 tons RSD49 project are the largest of the existing dry-cargo vessels of “river-sea” type in Russia. The vessels are intended for transportation of general and bulk cargoes including grain, timber, and large-dimension cargoes in the Caspian Sea as well as in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and North Sea including routes around Europe and on the Irish Sea in winter.
Nevsky Shipyard builds 10 sister-vessels for North-Western Shipping Company, JSC. The construction is carrying out under large fleet renewal of VBTH, shipping division of international transportation group UCL Holding.
In the period from November, 2012 to May, 2013 the first two RSD49 project vessels - “NEVA-LEADER 1” and “NEVA-LEADER 2” - transported more than 100 000 tons of cargoes.
