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Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard Launches ‘Enceladus‘ for Saturn Shipping Company

Nizhniy Novgorod, February 1, 2010.Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard launched a tanker of the project 19614 with the deadweight of 5600 tons for Saturn Shipping Company (Panama). The tanker is named ‘‘Enceladus".

The contract to build three tankers was signed in April 2008. The first tanker „Titan" has already been delivered to the customer in October 2009, the second tanker „Enceladus" should be delivered in June, the third tanker - in July 2010. An option fort he fourth vessel was confirmed in summer 2008, commissioning date - October 2010. The tankers of this project are the river-sea class vessels.

Technical features: length - 141 m, beam - 16.9 m, hull height - 6.1 m, draft - 3.73/3.60 m, cargo capacity - 5530.5030, volume of cargo tanks - 6720 cubic meters, speed - 1- knots, crew - 14/16 people, endurance - 15/10 days. Navigation area is inland waterways and sea nearctic areas. The tanker is designed for the transportation of diesel fuel, fuel oil, as well as oil products and crude oil. Ship class: КМ * Ice1 R2-RSN AUT3 VCS Oil tanker/Chemical tanker type 2 (vegetable oil) (ESP).

MNP Group incorporates the leading Russian shipyard - Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod) as well as Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau and Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod).

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MNP Group incorporates: Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau, as well as Sormovskoye Mashinostroeniye (Nizhniy Novgorod).

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