Caspian Shipping Company (CASPAR, Azerbaijan) has taken delivery of Oil tanker project 19619 Zangezur from Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhni Novgorod, MNP Group). This is the sixth tanker project 19619 for CASPAR.
The contract was signed in January, 2008. The vessel was launched in September and tested in October.
The river-sea-going tanker is designed for transportation of crude oil and oil products with flash point less than 60¡ã§³. It is fitted with twelve cargo tanks (of total capacity 14,770 cub.m) and one slop tank; there are ballast compartments in the double sides and double bottom. The tanker is capable of carrying two types of cargoes in a voyage. Basic characteristics: length ¨C 150 m, width ¨C 17.30 m, depth ¨C 10.5 m, draught ¨C 6.99 m, deadweight 13470 mt, loaded speed is 10 knots, sea endurance is 20 days.
This is the largest vessel in the Caspian Sea, capable of entering any port and put into other seas through Volga-Don Ship Canal without port terminal re-equipment. The tanker is capable of operating in different climatic conditions, in regions of moderate cold marine climate. The design of the tanker was worked out by Engineering Bureau of MNP Group. Class of the vessel - §¬§® §1 I I §¡1 of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
MNP Group incorporates the leading Russian shipyards: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod), Volgograd Shipyard as well as Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau, Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod) and Volgograd Special Engineering Plant.
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