Project Medium Marine Tanker Series 23130 It will continue. As the head of the auxiliary fleet service of the transport support department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Captain I Rank Sergei Epifanov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda, Three more tankers will be built for the Navy.
According to Epifanov, in addition to the lead tanker of the project “Academician Pashin”, three more serial ones will be built for the fleet, the first of which will be called “Vasily Nikitin”. He did not specify the timing of the start of construction and transfer of tankers to the fleet., stated, that the contract for three tankers was signed in 2020 year. Earlier it was reported about plans to build five more vessels of this project and create an auxiliary flotilla of six tankers in the Arctic.
Lead tanker of the project 23130 “Academician Pashin” was assigned to the Northern Fleet 21 January 2020 of the year.
project tanker 23130 is a single-deck vessel with a double hull in the area of cargo tanks, capable of walking in northern latitudes. Can transfer or receive several types of liquid cargo without mooring to another vessel or ship: diesel fuel, fuel oil, kerosene, butter, water, and also accept, keep, transport and transfer dry cargo (food, skipper and technical property) using a system of traverse transfer of goods at sea. Can be used to eliminate emergency spills of oil and oil products.
Deadweight at maximum load approx. 9000 tonnes. Length overall 130 m, maximum width approx. 21 m, draft maximum approx. 7 m. Maximum travel speed 16 knots. autonomy 60 day. Crew 24 man. The cruising range is 9000 nautical miles, and one of the main tasks is escort of aircraft carriers.
