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The Ceremony of Delivery of product carrier Teatralny Bridge to the Sovcomflot Group took place at the Admiralty Shipyards in St.Petersburg on 17 May 2006. The solemn ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Sergey Aristov, top management of Sovcomflot and Admiralty Shipyards.
The vessel’s keel laying took place in May 2005, and the launching was carried out on 28 October 2005. The tanker is a modern vessel, its cruising range is 15 thousand miles. The LOA of the vessel is 182.5 meteres, the draught is 12.2 metres and the deadweight is 47,400 tons. The ship is designed to carry five types of various cargoes simultaneously, including crude oil and oil products, in 10 cargo tanks. Mv Teatralny Bridge, just as her predecessor – Torgovy Bridge – was classed with the EP (Environmental Protection) symbol, i.e. meeting the highest environmental standards. Introduced in July 2003, this EP class notation is optional. However, as it requires additional investment relating to a vessel’s technical specification, it clearly demonstrates that the shipowners are serious and concerned about marine environment protection issues.
This tanker is the fifth vessel in the series of six tankers Project 05-55, ordered by the biggest Russian shipowner from the shipbuilding yard of St.Petersburg. Four similar vessels (Troitsky Bridge, Tuchkov Bridge, Tower Bridge and Torgovy Bridge) are successfully operating. The delivery of the sixth tanker – Tavrichesky Bridge – is scheduled for October 2006. Sovcomflot is one of the biggest Russian shipping companies owning the fleet of 51 vessels of total 4m dwt. The company specializes in seaborne transportation of energy. Out of the total amount, 40 vessels are tankers of total deadweight of 3.9 tons. All the tankers are double-hulled with average age being 5.2 years. As at 1 January 2006 the company’s fleet comprised 16 product carriers of total deadweight of more than 750,000 tons. Taking into account the orders portfolio, Sovcomflot is among the world’s ten biggest players in this segment of the market. FSUE “Admiralty Shipyards” is the oldest yard of Russia established by Peter the Great on 5 November 1704. The yards of today are engaged in designing, building and in modernization of merchant marine vessels, as well as in construction and rebuilding of ships for the Navy. During three centuries more than 2.6 thousand ships were built at the Admiralty Shipyards.
Source: Press Release
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