12.5.2008
Independence of the Seas, currently one of the three biggest passenger ships in the world, set sail on its maiden voyage on May 12 from the English port of Southampton. EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL, a.s. supplied more than 6 000 tons of ship-building plates. Independence of the Seas is the third vessel within the "Freedom" series.
EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL supplied plates mainly for building of the most strained places of the bottom below the water mark. „We have supplied 6 042 tons of plates for the building of Independence of the Seas, which equals to about a quarter of plates necessary in total to build the vessel. This supply is part of the execution of a general contract to supply 27 000 tons, which was concluded for the period 07/2006 - 12/2007," Ing. Vladimír Bail, Ph.D., CEO of EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL informs.
Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas are currently the biggest passenger ships in the world. The ships are 339 m long, 39 m wide. The tonnage of the vessels is 154 000 tons and each of them can accommodate 5 000 people on board of which 1 400 are crewmembers. They have 18 decks of which two are the so called H2O Zone, with a waterpark, current pool, baby pool and a flowrider - altogether about 530 tons of water flows there. The waste waters are purified in state-of-the-art water purification plants and are practically turned into drinking water. All waste is dried and landed in ports, only purified water is released into the sea.
In the future the biggest passenger ships are going to be vessels of the "Genesis" series. The ships will be 360 m long, 47 m wide, with tonnage of 220 000 tons and altogether they will accommodate 8 400 passengers. EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL is going to supply plates for building these ships as well.
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EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL concentrates on the production of steel and steel products - heavy plates, heavy and medium sections, and flame-cut shapes from heavy plates. The company aims to continue increasing the sales of its products with high added value, such as deliveries of plates for pipelines. Thanks to the important support of the Evraz Group and its strong position on the Russian steel market the company has also successfully entered the Russian market of the pipeline industry. In the sphere of plates EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL is the main European manufacturer and the dominant manufacturer in the Czech Republic. The most important product of Heavy section rolling mill is sheet piles which represents a 65 % share of the mill's production. The company is the sole manufacturer of this product on the domestic market and holds a 90% market share.
Evraz Group S.A. is one of the largest vertically-integrated steel and mining businesses. In 2006, Evraz Group produced 16.1 million tonnes of crude steel. Evraz Group's principal assets include three of the leading steel plants in Russia: Nizhny Tagil (NTMK) in the Urals region and West Siberian (Zapsib) and Novokuznetsk (NKMK) in Siberia, as well as Palini e Bertoli in Italy, EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Republic, and Evraz Oregon Steel Mills headquartered in the USA. Its fast-growing mining businesses comprise Evrazruda, the Kachkanarsky (KGOK) and Vysokogorsky (VGOK) iron ore mining complexes and equity interests in the Raspadskaya and Yuzhkuzbassugol coal companies. The mining assets enable Evraz Group to be a vertically integrated steel producer. Evraz Group also owns and operates the Nakhodka commercial sea port, in the Far East of Russia, which facilitates its access to Asian export markets. Evraz vanadium operations comprise Strategic Minerals Corporation, USA, and a 54.1% equity interest in Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation, South Africa.
For further information visit http://www.evraz.com/
