A suezmax tanker ordered by Sovcomflot and built at Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding Engineering shipyard (South Korea) has been launched today. The tanker was named “Samotlor”. The naming ceremony held at the South Korean shipyard was attended by Oleg Nam, Vice-President of TNK-BP and manager of TNK-BP's West Siberia branch, officials of Sovcomflot Group, TNK-BP and DMSE company, the Sovcomflot press office said.
The 157.3-dwt Samotlor crude oil carrier has a length of 274 m, width 48.0 m and maximum draft of 17 m. The vessel fully meets all national and international safety requirements of the Norwegian Classification Society Det Norske Veritas and can be operated without restriction of navigation area.
"We are honored to see representatives of the TNK-BP company at the ceremony, one of our main clients. We are actively developing our cooperation, not only in providing services to the marine transportation of goods. Our joint project is being developed for the organization of an integrated transport system, shipment of petroleum products from the Saratov Oil Refinery, including their handling and storage on the off-shore facilities at the Black Sea ports," Vasily Dmitrov, the sea captain and representative of the Sovcomflot was quoted as saying.
Sovcomflot Group is one of the largest companies in Russia. The company maintains and operates its fleet of 147 vessels of a total deadweight of more than 10 million tons. The Sovcomflot’s new ships project includes building of 15 vessels with an aggregate deadweight of 1.55 million tons. The average age of the company’s tanker fleet is 7 years.
The 157.3-dwt Samotlor crude oil carrier has a length of 274 m, width 48.0 m and maximum draft of 17 m. The vessel fully meets all national and international safety requirements of the Norwegian Classification Society Det Norske Veritas and can be operated without restriction of navigation area.
"We are honored to see representatives of the TNK-BP company at the ceremony, one of our main clients. We are actively developing our cooperation, not only in providing services to the marine transportation of goods. Our joint project is being developed for the organization of an integrated transport system, shipment of petroleum products from the Saratov Oil Refinery, including their handling and storage on the off-shore facilities at the Black Sea ports," Vasily Dmitrov, the sea captain and representative of the Sovcomflot was quoted as saying.
Sovcomflot Group is one of the largest companies in Russia. The company maintains and operates its fleet of 147 vessels of a total deadweight of more than 10 million tons. The Sovcomflot’s new ships project includes building of 15 vessels with an aggregate deadweight of 1.55 million tons. The average age of the company’s tanker fleet is 7 years.