From January-September, the fleet of Sovcomflot (SCF Group) was expanded to 156 vessels (including 9 tugs time-chartered by Rosnefteflot), as of September 30, the Group press release said. The total tonnage of SCF fleet has reached 11.7 million tons.
SCF took delivery of seven newbuildings (of total 615,570DWT), of them - 45 LR1 tankers and two Aframax tankers. During the reporting period the shipping company sold one ship – the 40,580DWT MR Tambov.
The Group’s newbuilds order book includes 14 vessels of total 1,46m DWT, two Aframax size vessels, two VLCC tankers, four LNG and two LPG carriers, two dry bulk carriers, two multipurpose ice-class PSVs.
St.Petersburg-headquartered Sovcomflot (SCF Group), the biggest shipping company in Russia, ranks the fifth top tanker company in the world. The Company specializes in global transportation of crude oil, petroleum products and other energy sources. The average age of the tanker fleet is 6.6 years. The Group has offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid and Singapore