Anichkov Bridge tanker owned by Sovcomflot has obtained a permit for passing the Northern Sea Route Seafarers’ Union of Russia was informed by Aleksandr Kulakov, Deputy Chairman of the Union’s Baltic Unit.

The request of SCF Neva, another tanker of Sovcomflot, is under consideration now. 

From January 1 till May 26 of the current year, NSR Administration received 107 requests for a permit to pass the Northern Sea Route. 74 requests have been satisfied. Over the same period of 2013, NSR Administration received 49 requests (27 were satisfied). 

Sovcomflot Group is Russia’s largest shipping company and one of the world’s leading shipping companies specializing in the maritime hydrocarbons transportation and supporting continental shelf exploration and oil & gas production. The SCF fleet includes 156 vessels with a combined deadweight of around 12 million tonnes. One third of them have a high ice class. The Group specialises in hydrocarbon transportation from regions with challenging ice conditions. Sovcomflot supports large-scale offshore energy projects in Russia and the rest of the world, including: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Prirazlomnoye, Tangguh, Escobar, and Peregrino.
The company is registered in Saint-Petersburg and has representative offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai.

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