Yantar Shipyard (PCZ) is planning to conduct mooring trials, ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense, for Research & Survey Vessel Seliger in January 2012.
‘Seliger’ is a heading vessel of Project 11982 elaborated by the Central Marine Design Bureau ‘Almaz’. Shipyard ‘Yantar’ has signed the Shipbuilding Contract with the Ministry of Defense of RF in February 2009. Laying the keel took place on July 08.2009.
The R/V Seliger is the first of two research / oceanographic survey vessels of Project 11982 and Project 22010 to be built under the RUB 7bn contract between Yantar Shipyard and the Defense Ministry signed in February 2009.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, January 2, 2012; Image: Yantar Shipyard