Six of the seven seismic acquisition ships previously operated by Polarcus have been acquired by Bergen, Norway, headquartered Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS. Polarcus went into liquidation after its lenders took possession of
Russia’s largest shipping company, Sovcomflot, and Shell marked an LNG milestone March 15, completing the first ever Aframax tanker ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the U.S. when Sovcomflot’s Gagarin Prospect received 1,075 cu.m.
Russia’s SCF Group reports that yesterday, at 06:00 Moscow time, its icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie successfully completed its passage across the Northern Sea Route (NSR), bound for China with a
The Northern Sea Route allows cargo to be transferred from northern Europe to northeast Asia, via the Bering Strait. It offers a 30 percent faster passage than the southern Europe-Asia alternative via
Russia’s Sovcomflot reports that two of its 113,000 tankers, Mendeleev Prospect and Lomonosov Prospect, have successfully completed voyages eastbound along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) using LNG as their primary fuel.. Lomonosov
ABB has won a contract to supply its ABB Ability Marine Remote Diagnostic System to eleven Sovcomflot vessels operating in the Arctic and Russia’s Far East, helping optimize safety and performance through
Russian shipping company Sovcomflot has placed an order at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex for the construction of three new-generation MR product carriers using LNG as their main fuel. The vessels will be chartered
More Russian arctic LNG will be heading to China. Russia’s Novatek and Sovcomflot and China’s Silk Road Fund and COSCO Shipping have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture called Maritime
Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest shipping company, is to roll out a Wärtsilä Fleet Operations solution for its fleet of Arctic shuttle tankers. The aim is to promote sustainable development, and to increase the
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 — Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex is to build two next-generation LNG fueled Aframax tankers for Sovcomflot (SCF Group). VEB Leasing will finance the construction of the tankers, while a
