ADVISABILITY OF BUILDING RIVER-SEA VESSELS TRANSPORTING TIMBER

O TSELESOOBRAZNOSTI POSTROYKI LESOVOZA SMESHANNOGO PLAVANIYA

Compares the economic characteristics of this type and general cargo ships of 5000-tons displacement. The river and sea-going vessel could take on timber for London at Maklakovo up the Yenisey, completing its load if necessary at Igarka and make the return trip in ballast or with a load of apatite from Murmansk to Maklakovo, during the 110-day arctic-summer navigation period; for most of the rest of the year the vessel could carry apatite from Murmansk to European ports. The comparison shows that the river-sea-going vessels operating the year round are far more economical and productive than the usual-construction general cargo ships of the same displacement. The design of the new type vessel is dealt with by A.K. Osmolovskiy, qv.

• Authors:
  • Fel'dman, I A
  • Dmitriyev, A A
• Publication Date: 1965

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15-16
• Serial:
  • Sudostroyeniye (Soviet Shipbuilding) [USSR]
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hulls; Rivers; Shallow draft ships; Ship pilotage; Shipping; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic shipping; River navigation
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1973 12:00AM