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DMSE hands over “Samotlor" suezmax to Sovcomflot |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 A suezmax tanker ordered by Sovcomflot and built at Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding Engineering shipyard (South Korea) has been launched today. The tanker was named “Samotlor”.
The naming ceremony held at the South Korean shipyard was attended by
Oleg Nam, Vice-President of TNK-BP and manager of TNK-BP's West Siberia
branch, officials of Sovcomflot Group, TNK-BP and DMSE company, the
Sovcomflot press office said.
The 157.3-dwt Samotlor crude oil carrier has a length of 274 m, width
48.0 m and maximum draft of 17 m. The vessel fully meets all national
and international safety requirements of the Norwegian Classification
Society Det Norske Veritas and can be operated without restriction of
navigation area.
"We are honored to see representatives of the TNK-BP company at the
ceremony, one of our main clients. We are actively developing our
cooperation, not only in providing services to the marine transportation
of goods. Our joint project is being developed for the organization of
an integrated transport system, shipment of petroleum products from the
Saratov Oil Refinery, including their handling and storage on the
off-shore facilities at the Black Sea ports," Vasily Dmitrov, the sea
captain and representative of the Sovcomflot was quoted as saying.
Sovcomflot Group is one of the largest companies in Russia. The company
maintains and operates its fleet of 147 vessels of a total deadweight of
more than 10 million tons. The Sovcomflot’s new ships project includes
building of 15 vessels with an aggregate deadweight of 1.55 million
tons. The average age of the company’s tanker fleet is 7 years.
Source: PortNews
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