NEVA 2017, the 14th International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Shipbuilding, Navigation, Port Operations, and the Development of the Ocean and Shelf, in which Sovcomflot traditionally plays an active role, took place in St. Petersburg on 19–22 September. This year, more than 500 participants from 36 countries were exhibitors at NEVA.
During the exhibition, the Russian Minister of Transport Maksim Sokolov paid a visit to the Sovcomflot stand. Sovcomflot says its Executive Vice-President and Technical Director, Igor Tonkovidov, presented models of the company’s newest vessels, including a model of the unique ice-breaking LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie and the 3D geophysical prospecting vessel Ivan Gubkin.
The ice-breaking LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie currently has no parallels in the world. She has the highest ice class (Arc7) of any ship and is able to break ice of up to 2.1 meters thick without assistance. Her propulsion capacity is 45 MW, which is comparable to that of a modern nuclear icebreaker. Meanwhile, Ivan Gubkin has an ice class of Ice-1A, which is the highest class for a research vessel, and she can operate at temperatures as low as -10°С. The geophysical system installed on Ivan Gubkin includes 14 seismic cables, each of which is up to 8 km long.
SCF Group (PAO Sovcomflot) is Russia’s largest shipping company and a world leader in the maritime transportation of hydrocarbons as well as the servicing and support of offshore oil & gas production. The company’s fleet numbers 144 vessels with a combined deadweight of 12.48 million tonnes. SCF Group specialises in the shipping of crude oil, liquefied gas and a wide range of oil products. The Group’s vessels perform complex towing operations and geophysical survey work at offshore oil & gas fields. Sovcomflot supports large-scale offshore energy projects in Russia and overseas, including: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Tangguh, Peregrino, Prirazlomnoye, Noviy Port, Yamal LNG and others. SCF Group employs over 9,300 personnel both on land and at sea. The company is registered in Saint-Petersburg and has representative offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai.