02.11.2018

Lomonosov Prospect Sails whole Northern Sea Route

PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group)’s large-capacity  LNG-fueled Aframax tanker Lomonosov Prospect has successfully completed its first commercial voyage along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) delivering a cargo of petroleum products from South of Korea to Northern Europe.

Lomonosov Prospect ©SCF

The tanker traveled almost the entire route without any icebreaker escort, having covered some 950 nautical miles in ice conditions.

The high-latitude voyage from Cape Dezhnev at Chukotka to Cape Zhelaniya of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago took the Arc4 vessel 7.8 days to complete, during which the tanker covered a distance of 2194 nautical miles.

During the voyage, the crew successfully tested the operation of the ship engines and controls of the fuel systems , as well as navigation equipment and machinery in sub-zero temperatures.

The tanker’s Master was Dmitry Belozerov, a captain with extensive high-latitude navigation experience. In 2010, Dmitry Belozerov served as Chief Officer on Sovcomflot’s tanker SCF Baltica – the first-ever large-capacity vessel to complete a transit voyage along the NSR. The results obtained during that experimental voyage provided the foundation for developing marine transportation solutions for major industrial projects in the Arctic, such as Yamal LNG and Novy Port.

Lomonosov Prospect is the second of six Aframax series tankers designed to operate on LNG as the primary fuel. The tanker was delivered to SCF in October 2018. The vessel has a length of 250 m, a breadth of 44 m, a deadweight of 114,000 tonnes, and is assigned an ice class Arc4. The crew numbers 22 people.

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