Through Northern Sea Route in thick ice
Shipping company Sovcomflot plans to send an oil tanker along the Northern Sea Route in May, one of the most ice-rich months of the year.
First Deputy Director of the shipping company Yevgeny Ambrosov told journalists that this year’s first oil tanker will be sent through the route already in May. He maintains that his company intends to extend the period of shipping along the Arctic sailing route. May is one of the most ice-rich months of the year.
The operation is likely to be made with the ice-protected tanker “Kirill Lavrov”. Another three of the company’s tankers will be sent through the route this year.
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Ambrosov confirms that Sovcomflot this summer will conduct Northern Sea Route operations mainly for the Novatek company. He also says that negotiations are held with PetroChina on a possible shipping operation, Oilru.com reports with reference to Oilexp.ru
As reported by BarentsObserver, Sovcomflot this summer also intends to send a Suezmax tanker along the route. Talking at the Aker Arctic Passion seminar in Helsinki last week, leader of the company Sergei Frank confirmed that a voyage of a 162,000 tonnes Suezmax tanker will be arranged in August-September 2011, after the shipping lanes have been checked by hydrographers, a company press release informs.
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