Russian shipping company Vodohod has confirmed that the delivery of its newest river cruise ship has been postponed for two months.
The company said that the Project 00840 river cruise ship Nikolay Zharkov will still need to undergo additional commissioning and that the vessel's scheduled sea trials in the Nizhny Novgorod region cannot yet be undertaken due to weather and surface ice conditions.
State-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation's Krasnoye Sormovo division has decided instead to wait until conditions within the region have improved to minimise the risk of prolonged exposure of the vessel to low temperatures.
Nikolay Zharkov's delivery had already been postponed early last year as the ship needed to undergo additional design changes.
Vodohod said earlier that adjustments needed to be incorporated in the vessel's final design because of what it claimed are difficulties in sourcing some of the required components.
The owner said sanctions restrictions have adversely impacted the supply of components needed in the construction of the vessel, though USC representatives later assured that the necessary components have been purchased.
