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SCF further expands transit window through the Eastern part of the Russian Arctic
On 16 January 2021, at 20:20 Moscow time (17:20 GMT), SCF’s LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie, reached Cape Dezhnev in Russia’s Far East, completing her eastbound voyage carrying a cargo of LNG along the Northern Sea Route (“NSR”), for Yamal LNG, …
Jan 19, 2021 / Vessels
SCF takes delivery of new LNG carrier to expand long-standing partnership with Shell
On 15 January 2021, PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) took delivery of SCF Timmerman, a new 174,000-cbm LNG carrier. The same day, the vessel embarked upon her maiden commercial voyage. The carrier is operated under a long-term time charter agreement with …
Jan 15, 2021 / Vessels
SCF Group concludes new project financing for two LNG carriers
Joint venture companies belonging to Sovcomflot (SCF Group), NYK Line and Samudera, have signed a new USD 155 million non-recourse credit facility, for up to eight years, with two leading international banks: MUFG Bank and Development Bank of Japan …
Nov 16, 2020 / Vessels
SCF time charters three icebreaking LNG carriers to the Arctic LNG 2 project
On 28 October 2020, SCF Group (SCF) and Arctic LNG 2, the operator of the Arctic LNG 2 project, concluded 30-year time charter agreements for three new icebreaking LNG carriers (cargo capacity of 172,410 cbm, ice class Arc7). These vessels were …
Oct 28, 2020 / Curious
SCF takes delivery of SCF Barents – a new LNG carrier chartered to Shell
On 14 September 2020, PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) took delivery of SCF Barents, a new 174,000-cbm LNG carrier. The following day, the vessel embarked upon her maiden voyage under a long-term time charter agreement with one of Shell’s subsidiaries.The …
Sep 15, 2020 / Vessels
Christophe de Margerie completes eastbound transit of NSR two months earlier than usual
On 31 May 2020 at 06:00 Moscow time Christophe de Margerie, an icebreaking LNG carrier owned and operated by SCF Group, successfully completed her passage across the Northern Sea Route (NSR), bound for China with a cargo of LNG for the Yamal LNG …
Jun 4, 2020 / Vessels
SCF Group expands LNG fleet and strengthens partnership with Total
On 4 February 2020, a naming ceremony was held for SCF Group’s latest LNG carrier, SCF La Perouse, named after Jean-François de la Pérouse, a French explorer of the Pacific. The vessel will operate under a long-term time charter agreement with Total. …
Feb 11, 2020 / Vessels
Polarcus announces rescheduled redelivery date for Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Polarcus Limited (Polarcus) (OSE: PLCS) refers to its announcement dated 1 October 2019 regarding the expected redelivery of “Vyacheslav Tikhonov" with effect from completion of the wide-azimuth project in the Americas (previously announced on 3 June …
Dec 17, 2019 / Vessels
Sovcomflot signs financing and time-charter agreements for the first icebreaking LNG carrier for Arctic LNG 2 project
SCF Group and VEB.RF Group, a Russian financial institution, signed an agreement for lease financing of the lead ship in a series of icebreaking LNG carriers expected to be built to serve the Arctic LNG 2 project. At the same time, SCF Group and …
Nov 4, 2019 / Finance
Sovcomflot and NYK Line sign USD176Mln credit facility for refinancing two ice-class LNG carriers servicing the Sakhalin-2 project
Joint venture companies belonging to Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and NYK Line have signed a new USD 176 million non-recourse credit facility for eight years with three leading international banks: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Japan (through its …
Sep 13, 2019 / Finance