Proyekt 507B №1128 (186751) Volgo-Don

Assembly: Okskaya Sudoverf (USSR)

Year: 1979

Length: 138 m

Beam: 17 m

Draft: 5 m

Max speed: 15 knots

OAO Okskaya Sudoverf is headquartered in Navashino. The shipbuilding company, originating from a local shipyard founded in 1907, builds boats for Volga and sea navigation. Some of their tankers are to be sold to customers as far afield as Malaysia’s Petronas, which plans to use the vessels at its Caspian subsidiary.

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