On July 14, 2026, in Shlisselburg, Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) launched the Alexey Shein medium marine tanker of project 23130 (serial number 904), which is under construction for the Russian Navy. The tanker is intended for the Baltic Fleet.
The Alexey Shein medium marine tanker (serial number 904) of project 23130, which is being built for the Russian Navy, was launched at Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC. Shlisselburg, 07/14/2026 (c) United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC
The vessel is the fourth medium-sized marine tanker of Project 23130, and the third and last unit in a series of three medium-sized marine tankers of this project being built by Nevsky SSZ under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed on December 17, 2020. According to the terms of the contract, the delivery of all three vessels was scheduled for 2023-2025, however, as usual, the deadlines have not been met and so far none of the three tankers have been transferred to the fleet.
The medium sea tanker Vasily Nikitin (serial number 902), launched on October 5, 2023 and intended for the Black Sea Fleet, was the first laid down under this contract at the Nevsky Shipyard on March 26, 2021. The laying of the second tanker under this contract, the Engineer Admiral Kotov (serial number 903), was made in Shlisselburg without publicity in 2022, and it was launched on December 5, 2024, destined for the Pacific Fleet. Both of these vessels remain under construction at the factory.
On March 16, 2023, the third tanker under this contract, Alexey Shein (serial number 904), was laid at Nevsky Shipyard, and now it has been launched. The tanker was named in honor of Peter the Great's associate, Generalissimo Alexei Semyonovich Shein (1652-1700).
Earlier, Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC, under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated November 1, 2013, worth 2.978 billion rubles, built the lead medium marine tanker of project 23130 named Akademik Pashin (serial number 901). The tanker Akademik Pashin was laid at the plant in Shlisselburg on April 26, 2014. The tanker was removed from the boathouse of the plant on March 18, 2016 and launched on May 26, 2016. Factory sea trials of the tanker began on Lake Ladoga on May 17, 2018, and on July 22, 2019, the tanker arrived in Murmansk to undergo the final stage of State Tests. On January 21, 2020, the commissioning ceremony of the Akademik Pashin tanker of project 23130 into the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy took place in Severomorsk. The tanker takes an active part in ensuring the activities of Russian Navy ships in the far sea zone.
The construction of the tanker Akademik Pashin was completed with a delay of more than three years (that is, twice) from the contractual terms. This was partly due to Western sanctions, since the main power plant (Wartsila diesel engines) and a significant part of the auxiliary mechanisms of this vessel are imported. Import substitution of foreign components was planned for serial vessels of this type.
Project 23130 was developed by CJSC "Special Sudoproekt". The 9,000-ton deadweight tanker has a maximum length of 130 m, a width of 21.5 m, a draft of 7 m, a cruising range of up to 8000 miles, autonomy of 60 days, and a crew of 24 people. The speed of the vessel in full load with a maximum draft of 16 knots. The tanker's functionality will allow it to deliver fuel simultaneously to three vessels sailing from it at a distance of 50 to 100 meters on board or in the wake. Independent navigation of the ship in the Nearctic seas is unlimited. It corresponds to the category of ice reinforcement "Arc 4" and has the ability to navigate independently in thin annual Arctic ice with a thickness of up to 0.8 meters in summer-autumn and up to 0.6 meters in winter-spring navigation.
Launching of the Alexey Shein medium-sized marine tanker (serial number 904) of project 23130 at Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC. Schlisselburg, 07/14/2026 (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ru
