A new dry cargo vessel ordered by Russia's Volga Shipping Company has sailed out of the Port of Azov on its maiden operational voyage.
Konstruktor Egorov is the first ship to be built under the Project RSD71 series of dry cargo vessels designed by local naval architecture firm Marine Engineering Bureau (MEB). It is capable of navigating both inland and offshore waters.
The ship has an LOA of 119.96 metres, a beam of 16.9 metres, a depth of six metres, a draught of 4.9 metres, a cargo hold with a total capacity of 9,063 cubic metres, and a speed of 10.7 knots. The engines are fitted with exhaust gas aftertreatment systems to ensure compliance with IMO Tier III NOx emissions.
The electronics meanwhile include advanced automation systems and a VSAT satellite communications console.
Konstruktor Egorov is classed by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and built by Okskaya Shipyard. The vessel honours the late Gennady Vyacheslavovich Egorov, a naval architect who was also the founder and former General Director of MEB.