China’s Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co. on March 19 held a launching ceremony for the 5,026DWT M/V Charoite of project DCV36, the ninth vessel of a series of 10 newbuilds ordered by VBTH, the project designer Marine Engineering Bureau said.
The Customer – VBTH is a majority owned division of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding, consolidating several Russian shipping (North-Western Shipping Company, Volga Shipping, VF Tanker, etc. ), stevedoring and shipbuilding assets (Okskaya Shipyard, BorRemFlot, etc.).
The DCV36 project general dry bulk cargo carrier is a multi-purpose sea-going ship with unlimited navigation area versus the same class vessels of projects RSD44 RSD49.
The DCV36 project vessels are designed for transportation of seaborne general and bulk cargo, including 20’ and 40’ containers with height of up to 9.5 foot (including reefer containers), metal, grain, timber, coal, bulk and heavy-lift cargo, dangerous goods of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, 9, and Appendix "B" the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft. The vessel project was designed to the class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping KM AUT1 Ice 3. 
The bulker is a modern single-deck, single-hold and single-screw motor ship of unrestricted navigation area, which has forecastle and poop, aft based deckhouse and engine room, double bottom and double sides in cargo holds area, removable grain bulkheads with bulb fore and transom aft ends, with Cargotec’s side-rolling hatch covers, with bow thruster.
Ship’s general characteristic:
LOA - 89.96 m;
Beam - 14.5 m;
Depth - 7.5 m;
LWL - 6.4 m, the draft DWT – 5026 t.
Cargo hold dimensions - 60 x 11.5 x 9.2 m, which allows placement of 3 tiers of 9.5-foot containers, and also provides for transportation of large-sized cargoes. Cargo holds capacity - 6230 cbm. Double bottom is designed for distributed load intensity of 14.0 t per sqm and for bucket grab usage.
The DCV36 project lead ship "Amethyst" was laid down at the Chinese shipyard on November 16, 2009, launched on May 17, 2010, commissioned onApril 22, 2011. The keel of the tenth vessel "Jasper" was laid on February 28, 2011.