On May 26 the third dry cargo vessel of 6750 tons' deadweight (project RSD19) for Irinvestship Limited (Iran) was launched at the Volgogradsky Shipyard, reports the press-service of the company.

The contract on building the series of 4 river-sea vessels was signed in August 2005. The head vessel "Iran Anzali" was delivered to the customer in February of the current year, the second ship was launched in March. The fourth vessel was laid down in December 2006.

The vessel is to transport general cargo, break-bulk cargo, timber and logs, containers and hazardous cargo in the Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, North Sea.

The length of the ship of the named project - 140 m, the breadth - 16.70 m, the hull height - 6 m, the deadweight in sea/river - 6750tons/4343tons, the tonnage in sea/river - 6325tons/4100tons, the speed - 11.8 knots.

The project of the ship was worked out by Maritime Engineering Bureau (Odessa), the class of the ship is "Volgo-Don max".