MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax-AVN) - The Severnaya Verf shipyard based in St. Petersburg and the Ceske Lodenice JS have signed a contract for the supplies of five universal riverine and sea-going bulk carriers to the Czech Republic.
The contract was signed during Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman's visit to Moscow, the press service of the New Programs and Concepts holding company, Severnaya Verf's parent enterprise, told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday.
Up to USD50m is to be invested in the construction of five Project 01010 Valdai vessels, the press service said. The construction will last for two years. The vessels will be transferred to the Czech Republic as a compensation for a part of Russia's state debt.
Earlier this year, Russia and the Czech Republic signed a contract for construction of three bulk carrier of the same class, the press service said. They will also be supplied as a compensation for the Russian state debt. The vessels are to pay off in eight to nine years.
Project 01010 Valdai was worked out by the Vympel design bureau in Nizhny Novgorod. It was included in the Sea Registrar of the Russian Navigation in 1999. The Valdai is a one-deck twin- screw vessel with a forecastle and aftercastle, double bottom and double boards, superstructure and machine room in the stern. It has a length of 128.2m, width of 16.74m and depth of 6.1m. Its deadweight is 5,000t in the sea and 3,950t on the river. One vessel is capable of carrying up to 260 sea containers.