ABB provides 24/7 remote support to Sovcomflot’s trailblazing LNG carrier on the Northern Sea Route ABB has signed a contract to support icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie with remote diagnostics services…
SMART LNG, a Sovcomflot and NOVATEK JV, signs financing and time-charter agreements for four icebreaking LNG carriers for Arctic LNG 2 project SMART LNG, LLC (“SMART LNG”), a joint venture…
Sovcomflot advances green shipping along the Northern Sea Route Two large-capacity Sovcomflot tankers using cleaner-burning LNG as a primary fuel, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed their respective voyages eastbound…
Sovcomflot participates in the first working meeting of the Northern Sea Route Public Council On 4 September 2019, the first working meeting of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) Public Council…
Sovcomflot and NOVATEK sign ‘SMART’ joint venture agreement 4 September 2019, Vladivostok: Today, during the 5th Eastern Economic Forum, PAO Sovcomflot and PAO NOVATEK concluded an agreement to establish a…
Sovcomflot’s crude oil tanker becomes the first to cross Northern Sea Route using LNG fuel On 2 September 2019 at 08:20 Moscow time, Korolev Prospect – pictured on the left,Sovcomflot’s LNG-fuelled…
Sergey Frank awarded with first-class Stolypin Medal Sergey Frank, President & CEO of Sovcomflot, has been awarded the first-class Pyotr Stolypin Medal. The corresponding order was signed by the Russian…
Sovcomflot, NOVATEK, COSCO, Silk Road Fund sign joint venture agreement During the 2019 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, PJSC NOVATEK, PAO Sovcomflot, China’s COSCO SHIPPING Corporation Limited, and the Silk…
Sovcomflot and VEB.RF sign financial agreements for the construction of LNG-fuelled MR tankers Today, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Sovcomflot and VEB.RF Group announced the signing of…
Wärtsilä Fleet Operations solution to increase safety and efficiency in sensitive Arctic waters Wärtsilä Corporation, 29 April 2019 at 10 am EEST – The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted…
SCF’s “Green Finance” Wins Marine Money Award Sovcomflot has won the annual Marine Money “Deal of the Year” in the category Green Ship Finance – West. The publication recognized Sovcomflot’s…
Yevgeny Primakov, an icebreaking standby vessel owned and operated by Sovcomflot, has been awarded the 2019 Support Vessel of the Year by Offshore Support Journal, an international trade publication. The…
On 22 October 2018, Sovcomflot crude oil tanker Gagarin Prospect, operating on LNG fuel, successfully completed her voyage across the Baltic and North Seas from Primorsk to Rotterdam where she safely…
Shell recently delivered its first ship-to-ship bunkering of cleaner burning LNG fuel from its specialised LNG bunker vessel, Cardissa,paving the way for many other operations from the vessel. This operation marked…
On 10 September 2018, the ceremonial opening of the Vessel Electric Propulsion Training Centre, at the Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, was held in Vladivostok as part of the 4th Eastern…
The Board of Directors of PAO Novoship has elected Alexey Khaydukov as the company’s new President. Igor Tonkovidov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PAO Novoship, introduced the new…
12 February 2018, Moscow – Sberbank and Sovcomflot have signed a new USD 106 million project financing agreement, with a term of up to 14 years. The funds will finance the…
Christophe de Margerie, the icebreaking LNG carrier built to order for SCF Group (Sovcomflot) to serve the Yamal LNG project, has won the award for Engineering Project of the Year…
On 17 August 2017, the Sovcomflot-owned icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie successfully completed her first commercial voyage, transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Norway to…
Sovcomflot sums up results of its participation in Gastech 2017: future of tanker industry belongs to LNG-fuelled vessels The Sovcomflot delegation, headed by President and CEO Sergey Frank, took part…
Russian ships complete a unique transit along the Northern Sea Route 11 January 2017 Key points about the voyage undertaken by Sovcomflot’s tanker Shturman Ovtsyn escorted by icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. – Sovcomflot’s Arctic…
On 23 November 2016, Sovcomflot and Sberbank signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) paving the way for a new USD 180 million long-term credit agreement with a term of up to…
On 16 September Shturman Albanov, Sovcomflot’s unique Arctic shuttle tanker, successfully delivered her first significant consignment of crude oil produced at Gazprom Neft’s Novy Port field to the port of Murmansk.…
On 30 June 2016 a new ice-breaking supply vessel (IBSV) was launched for Sovcomflot as part of a long-term agreement with Sakhalin Energy. This reinforced ice class vessel has deadweight of 3,…
As part of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Gazprom Neft and Sovcomflot have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the supply of marine lubricants. The MOU document was…