Zelenodolsk Shipyard hosted keel-laying ceremony of LNG-powered vessel

27 February 2020, Thursday

On February 27, the Zelenodolsk Shipyard (part of the Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation) saw a keel-laying ceremony of the LNG-powered Chaika passenger river ship with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Ildar Mingaleyev, Member of Gazprom Management Board Vyacheslav Mikhalenko, Director of the Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport at the Russian Ministry of Transport Yuri Kostin, Head of Zelenodolsk Executive Committee Mikhail Afanasyev, etc.

Tatarstan has become one of the first regions where, jointly with Gazprom subsidiaries, systemic work is underway to expand the use of natural gas as a motor fuel in various modes of transport and in various industries. Switching over to LNG would allow operating companies to reduce their inland water transport costs.

The Chaika passenger river ship (with a capacity of 150-170 passengers) was designed by the Zelenodolsk Design Bureau as a single-hull steel motor boat with the engine room aft and the bridge in the fore part. The ship is assumed to make pleasure trips and sightseeing voyages along inland waterways.

Based on information by the Tatarstan Presidential Press Service

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