Naming ceremony for Sovcomflot’s tanker Anatoly Kolodkin held in South Korea (photo)
A grand naming ceremony took place on January 16, 2013 in South Korea for a new tanker Anatoly Kolodkin of Sovcomflot Group. The vessel was named in honor of an outstanding Russian maritime lawyer, the company’s press center reports.
It is the third vessel built under agreement between Sovcomflot and Zvezda-DSME - a joint venture of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (Russian Federation) and the Korean shipyard “Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering” (Republic of Korea). The two other tankers – Nikolay Zuyev and Georgy Maslov have already started their operations as part of the SCF fleet.
The ceremony was attended by Konstantin Vnukov, the Ambassador of the RF to the Republic of Korea, Sovcomflot General Director Sergei Frank, relatives of Anatoly Kolodkin as well as representatives of the shipbuilding enterprises.
The tanker’s draught is 14.9 m. Its width increased to 46 meters ensures maximum cargo capacity when passing in the Baltic straights and optimal compliance with the requirements of maritime transportation of hydrocarbons from oil terminals in Primorsk and Ust-Luga. This Aframax tanker is 249.9 meters long and has a deadweight of 120,600 tons. A provision is made for a long time use of low-sulphur (0.1%) fuel.
The tanker’s cargo system enables it to carry and to pump three types of cargo in 12 cargo tanks including crude oil and dark oil product.
To increase propulsion efficiency and maneuvering capabilities the vessel is fitted with a rudder of a special design. The bottom part of the vessel is painted specially to prevent sea-crust. The vessel also has equipment for permanent monitoring of optimal speed parameters, draught and trim depending on vessel’s load and navigating conditions.
The project is supervised by Novoship OJSC. Ship owner Sovcomflot is engaged in maintenance management.
Sovcomflot Group is Russia’s largest shipping company and one of the world’s leading shipping companies specializing in the maritime hydrocarbons transportation and supporting continental shelf exploration and oil & gas production. The SCF fleet includes 156 vessels with a combined deadweight of around 12 million tonnes. One third of them have a high ice class. The Group specialises in hydrocarbon transportation from regions with challenging ice conditions. Sovcomflot supports large-scale offshore energy projects in Russia and the rest of the world, including: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Prirazlomnoye, Tangguh, Escobar, and Peregrino.
The company is registered in Saint-Petersburg and has representative offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai.
