IBSV launched for Sovcomflot at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to be put into operation in 4Q 2016
Sovcomflot says it is going to put into operation its new icebreaking multipurpose supply vessel of Project Р-71014, launched yesterday at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, in the forth quarter of 2016.
Technical specifications of the icebreaking supply vessel:
Deadweight (t): 3,000.00
Ice class - Ice 15
Length (m): 104.20
Width (m): 23.90
Loaded draft (m): 7.90
Operating speed (knots): 16.00
Azipod propulsion capacity: 13 MW
Diesel generator: 6 х 3,500 kW
RS class notation: KM(*) Icebreaker6 AUT1 OMBO FF3WS DYNPOS-2 ANTI-ICE ECO WINTERIZATION(-35) supply vessel/oil recovery ship/special purpose ship.
The ceremonial keel-laying of the ship was held on December 17, 2015. On June 30,
This vessel is the first of four vessels ordered by Sovcomflot for operations at the Sakhalin-2 project. The other three are emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) that have a smaller deadweight (2,000 tonnes), but offer enhanced functionality and can carry more passengers. The construction of all four vessels began in 2015.
The agreement between Sovcomflot and Sakhalin Energy, signed in the spring of 2014, involves the operation of these vessels for twenty years. They are designed for the year-round delivery of personnel, supplies and consumables to three production platforms in the Okhotsk Sea. In an emergency, the vessels are also able to undertake complex environmental protection measures, and will enhance the safety of personnel based on these production platforms.
The Sakhalin-2 project includes two oil and gas fields being developed on the northeastern shelf of Sakhalin Island, namely the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye gas field. Sovcomflot has been providing Sakhalin-2 with specialised supply vessels since 2009. The development of the project has necessitated increasing the supply vessel fleet by ordering these four additional vessels.
Sovcomflot contracted United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to build each of these four new vessels. All are being constructed by Vyborg Shipyard and Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Oy, both affiliated with USC.
SCF Group (PAO Sovcomflot) is Russia’s largest shipping company and a world leader in the maritime transportation of hydrocarbons as well as the servicing and support of offshore oil & gas production. The company’s fleet numbers 144 vessels with a combined deadweight of 12.48 million tonnes. SCF Group specialises in the shipping of crude oil, liquefied gas and a wide range of oil products. The Group’s vessels perform complex towing operations and geophysical survey work at offshore oil & gas fields. Sovcomflot supports large-scale offshore energy projects in Russia and overseas, including: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Tangguh, Peregrino, Prirazlomnoye, Noviy Port, Yamal LNG and others. SCF Group employs over 9,300 personnel both on land and at sea. The company is registered in Saint-Petersburg and has representative offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai.
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. (fully owned subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation) specializes in arctic shipbuilding technology, e.g. building icebreakers and other arctic offshore and special vessels. The shipyard is a forerunner in developing and applying technological innovations and has 150 years’ experience in shipbuilding. Arctech numbers about 580 employees.
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