Keel Laid for Lead Ship of Arctic Tanker Series
A keel laying ceremony was held Monday at Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the first of six ships in the project 42К Arctic Shuttle Tanker series.
The six tankers in the series will be named after the famous Russian explorers of the Arctic, including participants to the Great Northern Expedition of the 18th century.
The ships are being built to the dual Russian Maritime Register of Shipping / Lloyd’s Register class. Sovcomflot (SCF Group) is the owner of three tankers of the series.
All tankers of the series are intended for operation in high latitudes at temperatures up to -45 °С under conditions of year-round navigation. They are designed with due regard to all applicable RS requirements, international regulations and standards. The ships will provide crude oil transportation from the Gulf of Ob area.
Completion of construction and delivery of the prototype ship is scheduled for late June 2016. The series construction is expected to be completed in 2017.
Main particulars:
- length – 248 m
- breadth – 34 m
- depth – 15 m
- design draught – 9.5 m
- deadweight – 42,000 t
