STX launches ultramodern LNG carrier “Veliky Novgorod" built for SCF Group (photo)
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd shipyard has launched an ultramodern LNG carrier “Veliky Novgorod" ordered by Sovcomflot (SCF OJSC) for operation under a long-term charter agreement with Gazprom Global LNG (a Gazprom’s unit), Sovcomflot press center reports.
LNG carrier “Veliky Novgorod" is the first of two vessels ordered by Sovcomflot from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The vessel delivery is scheduled for December 2013. The South Korean shipyard at the end of June of the year held steel-cutting for the series second LNG carrier "Pskov”, which is scheduled for delivery in 2014.
The ultramodern design Atlanticmax LNG carriers have Ice2 (1C) class, carrying capacity of 170,000 cbm and a set of equipment for operations in low-temperature conditions. This will enable the vessels to exercise year-round transportation of gas from almost all existing LNG terminals, and, in particular, from Russia's first LNG project - "Sakhalin-2".
SCF gas carriers operate in all major regions of LNG production and use. The vessels are deployed for different Russian and international projects. They deliver and transship LNG, in particular, with ship-to-ship technology.
Currently, SCF fleet includes 8 LNG and LPG carriers, which are engaged in the Russian and international projects. There are six more gas carriers under construction on long-term time charter agreements with major international oil companies.
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.
