Tag: Russia

Russian shipping company SCF Group announced that it launched a naming ceremony for its new multi-functional icebreaking standby vessel 'Fedor Ushakov', built to serve the Sakhalin-2 project, on 11 October. 

Russian Gazprom Neft announced production of  the first batch of a new environmentally friendly marine fuel at Omsk Refinery. The fuel has a low-sulphur content of no more than 0.1% and can be used in emission control zones, in accordance with MARPOL.

Yamal LNG is planned to ship its first two cargoes of Liquefied Natural Gas from the Russian port of Sabetta in November. However, Novatek and Total, the project's main developers, have not yet confirmed the destinations of the shipments.

Saudi Aramco signed a MoU with Gazprom, Russia’s premier gas company, to develop a business portfolio in international upstream gas, allowing the introduction of new vendors and suppliers to the Kingdom’s market.

Russia-owned Sovcomflot, Rosneft, the State Transport Leasing Company, and Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex have signed a set of agreements, for the construction of five environmentally friendly Aframax tankers to enable export shipments of crude oil and oil products.

The new nuclear-powered ship is part of Russia's Project 22220, which aims to renew the national fleet of nuclear icebreakers.The vessel and its sister "Arktika", launched in June last year, are expected to become the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world, as they are capable of breaking ice up to three meters thick. 

Gazprom Neft Badra, operator of the Badra field, Iraq, has undertaken the largest ever maritime shipment of oil for export in the company’s history, with 1.78 million barrels of hydrocarbons being despatched for the United States in the New Solution crude oil tanker.

Kitack Lim, IMO Secretary-General has been on a formal visit to Russia, where he has met with top officials of the Transport Ministry and took part in the Tokyo MoU Committee. The parties expressed their hope for further fruitful cooperation in favour of the global maritime industry.

A Korean company has received a contract to build 15 ice-breaking LNG carriers for Russia, informed the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, on September 7.

South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries and Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex have signed a Term Sheet for creating a joint venture to manage projects for construction of Arctic shuttle tankers, that will be used for the export of oil produced at the fields of Rosneft and other Russian and foreign producers.