Sovcomflot Group takes delivery of the eighth tanker built by Admiralty Shipyards

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29 Apr 2008

On April 29, 2008, Sovcomflot Group took delivery of the eighth product carrier “Transsib Bridge” built by Admiralty Shipyards. The tanker’s deadweight is 47,400 tonnes, her overall length is 182 metres, moulded breadth is 32 metres and the cruising range is more than 15,000 miles. The ship is designed to carry up to five different types

of cargo simultaneously, including oil and oil products, in 10  cargo tanks. The vessel will be assigned an additional Lloyd’s Register symbol – Environment Protection, meeting the highest ecological standards.
“Transsib Bridge” is the eighth vessel in a series of product carriers ordered by the Sovcomflot Group from the Admiralty Shipyards. “Troitsky Bridge”, “Tuchkov Bridge”, “Tower Bridge”, “Torgovy Bridge”, “Teatralny Bridge”, “Tavrichesky Bridge” and “Tverskoy Bridge” have already been providing shipping services to Sovcomflot’s customers, including such energy majors as Statoil and Navion.
Admiralty Shipyards are currently constructing two Arctic shuttle-tankers of 70,000 DWT, to transport crude oil from the Prirazlomnoye field in the Barents Sea (operated by Sevmorneftegaz – the subsidiary of Gazprom).
Earlier Sovcomflot and the Admiralty Shipyards signed an agreement of co-operation to develop the technical design and specifications for the first Russian-built LNG tanker. This will be a high-tech vessel, designed to operate year-round to transport gas on voyages of around 2,000 miles in the Baltic, Barents and Okhotsk Seas. This trade will support a government programme designed to make greater use of natural gas in satisfying demand for energy within the Russian Federation.
The “Transsib Bridge” will participate in a ceremony dedicated to opening of a new Russian oil products terminal at the Baltic Sea (in the port of Primorsk, Leningrad region) scheduled for the second decade of May, 2008.
Sovcomflot Group of Companies is one of Russia's largest infrastructural enterprises. Its fleet comprises 124 vessels with a total deadweight of 8.7 million tonnes. The Group has a new-building order book of 31 vessels with an aggregate deadweight (DWT) of 2.8 million tonnes. The average age of the tanker fleet is six years, all tankers are double-hulled.
Admiralty Shipyards FSUE is the oldest Russia’s shipyard founded by Peter I on November 5, 1704. Modern Shipyards specialize in design, production and modernization of civil and naval vessels of various types. Over 2.6 thou ships and vessels have been built by the companies forming Admiralty Shipyards during three centuries of their existence.

Source: Portnews