New tankers under construction

Construction is carried out under the rules and observation of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS).  For the new Palmali tankers RS has developed additional requirements for compliance with ECO and ECO-S distinguishing marks in the class notation.

The new tankers are designed for crude oil and petroleum products transportation, including petroleum, without flash point limitation. Simultaneous transportation of three cargo types is available. Deadweight of new buildings for sea or river amount to 6609 t or 4409 t respectively. Two main engines of 1,200 kW each allow for a speed of 10.5 knots.

The ships are constructed according to modified Armada and New Armada tanker types. New features of the new series are: a full-revolving steering unit as unified means of movement and control, longitudinal bulkhead absence in the centerline, submersible pumps, absence of framing in cargo tanks, advanced trunk. The new requirements of international conventions are taken into account. Ballast water tanks are equipped with deep-well pumps, stern manifold is absent, equipment of the machinery space is located in a different manner compared to previous Armada projects due to cancellation of the azimuth thruster deinstallation function through upper deck.

Ships of Armada and New Armada series are already successfully engaged in transportation of crude oil, black oil, diesel oil and other petroleum products as well as vegetable oil. The tankers meet the environmental safety requirements and are assigned ECO-S distinguishing mark in the class notation. This mark is assigned to the most safe ships, as pertaining to discharges to sea and to air pollution, where additional measures for pollution prevention have been provided. The ECO and ECO-S ships are considered credible by shipowners, maritime administrations, port authorities since the additional requirements for the prevention of environmental pollution in case of accident have already been applied to them at the design stage.