Okskaya shipyard sent fourteenth tanker of Project RST27, Balt Flot 15, for sea trials (photo)
Navashino based Okskaya Shipyard says it sent the fourteenth tanker of Project RST27, named Balt Flot 15, for sea trials on 23 May 2017. Upon completion of the trials the ship will be delivered to the customer, BF Tanker LLC.
The ship was launched on 30 March 2017.
Okskaya shipyard and BF Tanker signed a contract for construction of 5 vessels including two RST-27 and three RST-54 tankers in September 2015. The contract involving State Transport Leasing Company (STLC PJSC) was signed in the framework of NEVA-2015, the International Maritime Exhibition and Conferences of Russia.
According to the statement, the customer decided to convert the ship into a chemical tanker of IMO2 class during the construction.
In 2012 and in 2013 the vessel of project RST27 was listed among the Significant Ships in annual report published by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA).
Okskaya Sudoverf (Shipyard Oka, based in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region) was founded in 1907. The modern Okskaya Shipyard OJSC was established through privatization of the state enterprise Navashino Shipyard “Oka”. The shipyard specializes in building multipurpose river and sea-going vessels. In 2015, Okskaya Sudoverf was Russia’s second largest shipyard in terms of total newbuild tonnage.
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is an international transportation group consolidating a number of Russian shipping, stevedoring, shipbuilding, railway and logistic companies. The group's business is divided into three divisions: UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH (shipping division).
