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Russian shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo launched another Project RSD59 Volgo-Don Max multipurpose dry cargo vessel at its yard in Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday, November 10.

Construction will continue at the yard's outfitting quay. Mooring and sea trials will follow to test the propulsion installation, automation, navigation, communications and life-support systems, according to parent company United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

The vessels are dimensioned to the restrictions of the Volga-Don navigation canal and are intended for both inland waterways and sea routes.

Manoeuvrability is provided by two fully rotating azimuth thrusters. The design can carry general and bulk cargoes, grain, packaged sawn timber, roundwood, scrap metal, heavy cargoes and dangerous goods.