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According to the press service of the Volga Shipping Company, the multipurpose dry-cargo vessel "Neva-Leader 4" of RSD49 project of the "Neva-Leader" type of the Volga Shipping Company has completed the transportation of oversized equipment for the construction of a wind farm in Kazakhstan.
 
JSC "Shipping company" Volga Shipping Company "and LLC" Volgo-Baltic Logistic "(a subsidiary of the Volga Shipping Company) have completed a project for the delivery of equipment for the construction of a wind farm in Kazakhstan, ordered by ISS Global Solutions GmbH.
 
In the middle of May, the components of the wind turbines, the main equipment from the German port of Bracke and the blades from the Polish port of Swinoujscie, were sent to the Caspian Sea region on the "Neva-Leader 4" of RSD49 project and were successfully delivered in mid-June to the port of Aktau ( Kazakhstan). In total, during the voyage transported equipment with a total capicity of more than 6300 cubic meters. m (freight tons), the length of each blade was 66.4 meters.
 
Based on the needs of the customer, the optimal tonnage of the sea dry-cargo vessel was selected, which made it possible to combine the amount of cargo as functionally as possible, taking into account the useful capicity of cargo holds. This approach helped to reduce the costs of the cargo owner for the transportation of a unit of cargo.
 
Project transportation of oversized cargo is one of the priority areas of the Volga Shipping Company.
 
Dry-cargo vessel of RSD49 project "Neva-Leader 4" was commissioned on 15.07.13.
 
Nevsky Shipyard is a builder (general director Evgeniy Kuznetsov).
 
RSD49 prj. is designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau.
 
RSD49 vessels refer to the "Volga-Don Max" type due to MEB internal classification. They have maximum possible dimensions for Volga-Don canal. Vessels of the series can be operated for transportations of general, bulk, timber, grain and large-sized cargoes, dangerous goods of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9 classes of IMDG Code and cargoes of category B of BC Code. Sailing regions are Mediterranean, Caspian, Black, Baltic, White, North Seas, including voyages around Europe and to Irish Sea in winter.
 
RSD49 vessel's feature is a big middle hold of 52 m long as diversity from all other "Volga-Don Max" type projects designed by MEB. This hold allows to transportation of large-sized cargoes in direct voyages from Europe to Caspian Sea; such point should significantly increase economic effect of vessels' operation.
 
Vessel was designed for Russian Maritime Register of Shipping class notation of KM Ice2 R2 AUT1-C.
 
With characterized draught of 3.6 m in Volga-Don canal deadweight is about 4520 tons, maximal deadweight in the sea with draught of 4.70 m is of 7143 tons. Overall length is of 139.95 m, overall breadth is of 16.70 m, breadth without side fenders is of 16.50 m, depth is of 6.00 m. Summarized capacity of cargo holds is of 10920 cub. m.