EEF to Host Naming Ceremony for Sovcomflot Group’s Okeansky Prospekt Tanker
The
official ceremony to name the lead ship of a series of new generation large-tonnage Aframax oil tankers that primarily run on liquefied natural gas will take place
on September 7.
The vessel is being built at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex as part of the agreement that Sovcomflot signed with Rosneft Oil Company, Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, and the VEB.RF Group at the 4th EEF in the presence of
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The new vessel was designed in compliance with the strictest environmental safety standards and the conventional limits on emissions of sulphur oxides, nitrogen, and greenhouse gases that are in force in the basins of the Baltic and North Seas.
The tanker is
250 metres long and 44 metres wide, and has deadweight tonnage of
114,000 tonnes and
ice class of 1A/1B.
The ship will be named after one of Vladivostok’s main streets, Okeansky Prospekt.@RoscongressDirect
