OREANDA-NEWS. October 8, 2008. For the third year running Sovcomflot Group became a finalist of the annual Global Energy Awards arranged by Platts, the US information agency. In 2008 Sovcomflot is competing for three different awards, namely: Energy Transporter of the Year; Engineering Project of the Year and ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year.

In 2007 Sovcomflot was awarded the title of Energy Transporter of the Year.

Once again the Group was the only Russian company named as a finalist in these prestigious international awards, albeit this year nominated in three different categories.

The judges selected the award finalists from about 200 nominations in 16 different award categories, included the heads of major energy companies, leading scientists and international experts from the energy sector.

Sovcomflot Group is Russia’s largest shipping company. Its fleet is amongst the five leading tanker companies in the world and comprises 130 vessels with a total deadweight (dwt) of 9.3 million tonnes. The Group has a new-building order book of 30 vessels with an aggregate deadweight of 2.9 million tonnes. The average age of vessel in the tanker fleet is about six years (the world average age is 12 years). The Sovcomflot Group is the global leader in the product carrier and Aframax tanker segments as well as ice-class LNG tankers and Arctic shuttle tankers. These market segments are the most in demand for Russia’s foreign trade.