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Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard will start building a cruise liner in 2017/Hellenic Shipping News

27 Января 2017
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation), Goznak-Leasing and shipping company Vodohod have signed a three-party contract for construction and delivery of a cruise liner of Project PV300.
Preparations for the construction works are in progress at the shipyard.

Project development will be started soon and the shipyard will embark on the construction this year. Under the contract, the liner is to be completed and delivered to the customer (Goznak-Leasing CJSC) and the consignee (Vodohod) by 1 February 2020.

This will be the second liner of the Project planned for the construction at Russian shipyards in the mid-term period.

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Cruise liner of Project PV–300 is a four-deck vessel of new generation. Her length is 141 m, width – 16.8 m, passenger capacity – 342, crew – 144, service speed – 22.5 km/h, cruising range in autonomous mode – about 6,000 km.
With her class М-Пр 3.0 (ice 30) А of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping the ship can be operated in sea and coastal areas, as well as in the Ladoga and Onega lakes with waves of up to 3 meters high.
The ship was designed by Marine Engineering Bureau – Design – SPb.
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard will execute Project PV–300 for the first time in its history.
The new cruise liner is supposed to carry passengers along long-distance cruise lines Moscow – Astrakhan and Moscow – Saint-Petersburg with a passage in the Ladoga and Onega lakes, as well as Moscow – Rostov-on-Don with a passage through the Volga-Don Canal.

It should be noted that Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard has built over 1,750 different ships throughout its history. This number includes 105 passenger ships – steamships, motorships and diesel-electric ships.

Nikolai Zharkov, Director General of Krasnoye Sormovo, comments on the new tasks of the shipyard: “We are proud to be entrusted with the construction of this state-of-the-art ship and we hope to confirm once again the ability of Krasnoye Sormovo shipbuilders to meet any challenges. Shipbuilders of Krasnoye Sormovo have made a considerable contribution into the development of domestic passenger river fleet while building more and more improved and comfortable vessels from year to year. Steamships and motorships built at Krasnoye Sormovo have transported millions of passengers. They have been popular due to their comfort, appearance and reliability and I am sure that new liners will fully comply with today’s requirements on comfort and reliability of passenger transportation”.

Источник: Hellenic Shipping News

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