The Kirill Lavrov, a specialized Arctic shuttle tanker, being under construction at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, has set out for two-week sea trials in the Russian Gulf of Finland, PortNews reports citing the press service of the shipbuilding enterprise. The ship delivery date is scheduled for August 2010.
Admiralty Shipyards is building two tankers with deadweight of 70,000 tons for Sovcomflot. As of now, there have been no talks on the new orders for the ship series for Sovcomflot, the AS press service said.
The Panamax size Kirill Lavrov and Mikhail Ulyanov were designed to transport oil and gas condensate from the Prirazlomnaya field in the Barents Sea. An earlier report said Sovcomflot had received a $200m loan from Vnesheconombank for 7 years to finance the acquisition and further operation of the two vessels.
Sovcomflot Group, founded in 1995, is one of the largest Russian shipping companies. Sovcomflot’s fleet comprises of 146 ships of total deadweight of over 10 million tons. The company shipbuilding program includes 10 ships of total 800,000 DWT. The average Sovcomflot’s tanker age is some 7 years (world’s average - 12 years). The Group ranks first in the world in the segment of commodities carriers, the second - in Aframax vessels fleet. The company has the world’s largest Ice Class vessels fleet. It is also the top global operator of Arctic shuttle tankers and LNG carriers with Ice Class.
Admiralty Shipyards is building two tankers with deadweight of 70,000 tons for Sovcomflot. As of now, there have been no talks on the new orders for the ship series for Sovcomflot, the AS press service said.
The Panamax size Kirill Lavrov and Mikhail Ulyanov were designed to transport oil and gas condensate from the Prirazlomnaya field in the Barents Sea. An earlier report said Sovcomflot had received a $200m loan from Vnesheconombank for 7 years to finance the acquisition and further operation of the two vessels.
Sovcomflot Group, founded in 1995, is one of the largest Russian shipping companies. Sovcomflot’s fleet comprises of 146 ships of total deadweight of over 10 million tons. The company shipbuilding program includes 10 ships of total 800,000 DWT. The average Sovcomflot’s tanker age is some 7 years (world’s average - 12 years). The Group ranks first in the world in the segment of commodities carriers, the second - in Aframax vessels fleet. The company has the world’s largest Ice Class vessels fleet. It is also the top global operator of Arctic shuttle tankers and LNG carriers with Ice Class.
Admiralty Shipyards (Admiralteysky Verfy), part of Western Center of Shipbuilding of United Shipbuilding Corporation, is the oldest Russian shipbuilder, founded back in 1704. The Shipyard specializes in submarines construction. To date, the Company has built more than 300 submarines (including 41 with nuclear power engines), 68 deep and underwater vessels.