OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2012. The 500th delivery of liquefied natural gas via the LNG terminal was loaded in the port of Prigorodnoye (Sakhalin Island). After the loading Grand Aniva headed for Japan.

Grand Aniva is one of two Sovcomflot LNG tankers, chartered by the operator of the project – Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC). Sovcomflot is SEIC’s main partner in seaborne energy transportation for Sakhalin-1 project for Sakhalin-2 project. Besides LNG tankers, the project is being served by three oil shuttle tankers of ice class 1C and by a supply ice-breaking vessel for production platforms – Pacific Endurance (ice class Ice10), owned by SCF.

It was Grand Aniva which, in February 2009, was visited by Dmitry Medvedev, president of Russia, who took part in the official ceremony of launching Russia’s first LNG in the Sakhalin Island.

 The gas tankers built for Sakhalin-2 project has a special feature – an enhanced ice-class hull consistent with the requirements of ice class 1C, which allows the ships to operate in crashed ice up to 40 cm thick.

Length: 288m
 Molded breadth: 49m
 Draught: 11.25m
 Capacity: 145,000 cubic metres
 DWT: 74,000 tonnes
 Speed: 19.5 knots
 Cruising range (fuel oil): 13,000 nautical miles
 Engine: steam turbine
 Engine power: 29,000 h.p.
 Moss-type spherical tanks
 Crew: 28 people
 

SCF Group (Sovcomflot) is a leader among world operators of ice-class gas tankers.

The SCF Group is one of the world's leading shipping companies, specialising in crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas transportation. Its fleet comprises 158 vessels with a total deadweight of almost 12.0 million tonnes. The company is registered in St. Petersburg with offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid and Singapore.

In 2013 the company will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of Sovcomflot Joint-Stock Company – one of the first JSCs in the history of the Soviet state and of contemporary Russia.