The SCF Baltica tanker of Sovcomflot company, heading for the China’s Ningbo port from Murmansk port via the North Sea Route, has arrived ahead of schedule at the port of Pevek (Chukotka) just recently, the PortNews correspondent reports from Pevek Port.
The tanker laden with 70,000 tons of gas condensate (owned by Novatek) is on its maiden voyage along the shipping lane and was scheduled to call at the port of Pevek on August 26, 2010. So, the ship has covered the 2,500-mile distance from Murmansk to Pevek Port in 11 days.
The SCF Baltica is escorted through the ice fields by the Atomflot’s Taimyr, Russia and 50 Years of Victory tankers. This part of the North Sea route passed through the Barents Sea, to the north of Cape Desire of Novaya (New) Zemlya Island, Vilkitsky Strait. The caravan passed Taimyr ice fields, through the Strait of Sannikov, the Laptev Sea, ice fields of the East Siberian Sea. The SCF Baltica tanker is expected to arrive at the port Ningbo (China) in the first quarter of this September, the PortNews correspondent said.
Sovcomflot believes the arrival of the tanker ahead of schedule indicates a potential for reducing the freight transit time en route the Northern Sea and the possible further increase of the economic efficiency of delivery of hydrocarbons to the Asia-Pacific region.
The Baltica tanker’s test voyage is being implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, the Rosatom Corp. as well as in permanent contact with the HQ of naval operations agency, which monitored the weather and ice environment, coordinated the Atomflot icebreakers operation along the Route.
The SCF Baltica is escorted through the ice fields by the Atomflot’s Taimyr, Russia and 50 Years of Victory tankers. This part of the North Sea route passed through the Barents Sea, to the north of Cape Desire of Novaya (New) Zemlya Island, Vilkitsky Strait. The caravan passed Taimyr ice fields, through the Strait of Sannikov, the Laptev Sea, ice fields of the East Siberian Sea. The SCF Baltica tanker is expected to arrive at the port Ningbo (China) in the first quarter of this September, the PortNews correspondent said.
Sovcomflot believes the arrival of the tanker ahead of schedule indicates a potential for reducing the freight transit time en route the Northern Sea and the possible further increase of the economic efficiency of delivery of hydrocarbons to the Asia-Pacific region.
The Baltica tanker’s test voyage is being implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, the Rosatom Corp. as well as in permanent contact with the HQ of naval operations agency, which monitored the weather and ice environment, coordinated the Atomflot icebreakers operation along the Route.