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SCF is one of the world leaders in the Aframax and Suezmax segments of the tanker market. With the construction of two new VLCC tankers, Svet and SCF Shanghai, the company enters into the new VLCC market segment (i.e. vessels of deadweight approximately 200,000 to 320,000 tonnes), which is part of the Group’s current strategy. This vessel meets all the national and international safety requirements of the Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas and can be operated without any restrictions (e.g. regarding environmental safety regulations) in respect of the navigation area in which she can operate.
The tanker Svet will enter service in the second half of this month. Supervision of the construction of the vessel and its technical management is the responsibility of specialists from ÎŔÎ Novoship (a part of SCF Group). The ship is named in honour of the first Russian, and one of the world's first, oil tankers – the Svet, with a deadweight of 1,700 tonnes. This tanker was built in 1885 by order of the Nobel Brothers Company and was used to transport oil and kerosene for export to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean basin. The ship was 89.5 metres long and 11.6 metres wide, the sailing rig was 240 square metres, and the maximum speed of the tanker under full sail was 7.5 knots. The crew of the first Black Sea tanker consisted of 50 sailors. Technical parameters of the tanker Svet: Length – 332 m Width – 60 m Height – 30.05 m Deadweight – 320,000 tonnes Draft – 22.6 m Service speed – 16 knots OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) is Russia's largest shipping company, and one of the world's leading companies involved with the transportation of hydrocarbons by sea, and in the provision of support services for the offshore shelf exploration and production of oil and gas. Its owned and chartered fleet, specialising in oil and gas shipping within difficult ice conditions, includes 159 vessels with a total deadweight of more than 12 million tonnes. One-third of the vessels are of a high ice class. SCF is engaged in the maintenance and support of large energy projects in Russia and around the world: Sakhalin-1; Sakhalin-2; Varandey; Tangguh and Peregrino. The company’s headquarters are located in St. Petersburg, Russia and representative offices of SCF are located in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai. www.scf-group.ru PetroChina is one of the largest business partners of SCF Group. The cooperation between the two companies is based on long-term contracts that, in particular, provide for the transportation of crude oil by tankers of the Suezmax type. The contracts for the construction of the VLCC tankers were another step in the long-term agreement on strategic partnership that was signed by SCF Group and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in St. Petersburg on 22 November 2010. The document, in particular, implies a significant increase in the volume of hydrocarbons shipped by SCF Group vessels on behalf of CNPC. Sovcomflot Press Office |
Russia's largest tanker is named Svet
