Le 29 décembre 2016 à Moscou, la compagnie maritime « Vodohod » (qui fait partie d'UCL Holding) et « United Shipbuilding Corporation » ont signé un contrat pour la construction d'un navire de croisière à quatre ponts du projet PV300LMPP-110 de « mer- classe « rivière ». Il est prévu qu'un nouveau navire de la catégorie 5* soit mis en service en navigation 2020.
Le financement de la construction s'inscrit dans le cadre du programme gouvernemental «Développement de la construction navale pour 2013 - 2030» du Ministère de l'industrie et du commerce de la Fédération de Russie. Les partenaires de la transaction sont JSC «United Shipbuilding Corporation» (USC) et CJSC «Goznak-leasing». Le client est la SARL «Vodohod». Le maître d'œuvre du contrat sera le chantier naval PJSC «Krasnoye Sormovo» à Nizhny Novgorod. L'achèvement de la construction et les essais du navire à passagers sont prévus pour 2019 et la finition et la remise au client d'ici le début de la navigation 2020. La durée accordée du financement du contrat est de 20 ans (y compris la période de construction du navire).
There is no doubt that this investment project will expand the horizons of preparation and provision of new touristic products and services on the internal market. It is assumed that a high quality product created from scratch will be in demand by both Russian and International clients. At the same time in the application and innovational sense the new cruise ship will become the true engine of the cruise market, it will give the impetus to the development of the port and touristic infrastructure in the cities along the route. The new product is expected to be in demand by those clients who previously haven’t considered Russian river cruise as a possible destination due to the lack of ships of suitable level in Russia: it is primarily guests from Japan, Middle Eastern countries, Singapore, Taiwan, Latin American countries and of course Russia. The liner is planned to operate primarily on the route Moscow – St.Petersburg, which is the most popular among foreign guests, but the realization of the tours will be made both on international and domestic markets.
The general features of the project PV300LMPP-110 are the following: length – 141 meters, width – 16,82 meters, passenger capacity – 342 pax, crew and service staff – 144 pax. The motorship is designed basing on the most modern comfort requirements: the cabins will be provided with “French” balconies, size of the standard cabin will be 19 sq. m. and size of suite cabin – 30 sq. m. In fact it will be a modern floating hotel created with the use of the most resent technological developments, with equipment of terraces of full value and with panoramic lounge on the bow of the ship. The special conditions on the vessel will be created for the comfortable stay of the guests with disabilities.
