Samara plant "Nefteflot" handed over the lead tanker of the RST11 project "Saint Prince Vladimir"
February 13, 2025

On December 12, 2017, the solemn delivery of the lead tanker of the RST11 project with a deadweight of 6586/4677 tons took place at the Nefteflot Shipbuilding and Ship Repair plant in Samara..

The vessel was built by order of the State Leasing Transport Company for the Petrotanker shipping company.

The launch of the lead oil tanker of the RST11 project, the Holy Prince Vladimir, took place on July 28, 2016. The Register documents were received after successful sea trials on December 8, 2017.

It is interesting to note that the Holy Prince Vladimir is the first ship built in Samara since 1896, i.e. shipbuilding returned to the city after 120 years.

The RST11 project was developed by the Marine Engineering Bureau and belongs to the Volga-Don Max class of vessels. The vessel was built using elements of the hull and superstructure of the tanker Captain Timofeev, Project 550A of the Volgoneft type.

As leasing payments for the tanker of the RST11 project, named in honor of the Baptist of Russia, Holy Prince Vladimir, funds received from the state budget by Petrotanker for the disposal of an old tanker of the type were used.Volgoneft.

The provision of subsidies for the Ship Recycling Grant (LPG) from the federal budget to Russian organizations for the reimbursement of part of the costs of the acquisition (construction) of new civilian vessels to replace ships commissioned for disposal is carried out by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N502 dated 04/27/2017.

Petrotanker received a subsidy of 71 million rubles for the disposal of old Volgoneft.

The Holy Prince Vladimir is a single-deck, twin-screw oil-loading cargo vessel with a double bottom 1,100 mm high, double sides, with a tank and a poop, with a stern arrangement. superstructure, engine room, bridge in the ship's bow, inclined stem and transom stern.

The tanker of the RST11 project is built on the class of the Russian River Register + M-SP 3,5.

The vessel of the RST11 project is designed for mixed (river-sea) and sea transportation of crude oil and petroleum products, including gasoline, without flash point restrictions.

The vessel meets the dimensions of the Volga-Don Shipping Channel and the Volga-Baltic Way. The overall length of the RST11 project vessel is 131.64 m, the width of the vessel is 16.5 m, and the side height is 5.5 m.

The capacity of eight cargo tanks and two settling tanks is 7042 cubic meters, the deadweight in the sea is about 6586 tons with a draft of 4.477 m, in the river with a draft of 3.60 m about 4677 tons, the volume of ballast tanks- 3215 cubic meters

The capacity of two cargo pumps is 450 cubic meters per hour. There are two auxiliary steam boilers with a capacity of 1 ton of steam per hour.

The main engines use two medium-speed diesel engines with a capacity of 736 kW, powered by MDO diesel fuel, with a speed of 10.0 knots in operation.

The ship's power plant consists of three auxiliary diesel generators with a capacity of 150 kW and an emergency diesel generator with a capacity of 75 kW.

The crew consists of 15 people (16 seats).