The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta: About our sponsors
Sovcomflot (SCF)
Sovcomflot Group is Russia's largest shipping company and one of the
world's leading energy transporters.
It is the lead sponsor of The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta, 30 April –
27 May 2014, and was previously sponsor of The Tall Ships Races 2009.
Its mission is to be the leading international energy shipping
company, offering a full range of seaborne energy solutions to its
customers, based on advanced shipping technologies and
innovations, achieving long-term sustainability of growth and profits
through a socially responsible industrial shipping model.
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The Group specialises in transportation of hydrocarbons by sea, and in the
provision of support services for the offshore shelf exploration and production
of oil and gas within difficult ice conditions. It supports large-scale offshore
energy projects in Russia and the rest of the world.
With its own technical development and unique approach to advanced
technologies, first of all for sea trade in extreme climate conditions, SCF has
the ability to meet the most demanding customer requirements, providing
effective transportation for oil and gas companies.
The company’s headquarters are located in St. Petersburg, Russia and
representative offices of SCF are located in Moscow, Novorossiysk,
Murmansk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, London, Limassol, Madrid,
Singapore and Dubai.
It also provides ongoing support to the sail training tall ship Mir (Russia),
owned by the Maritime Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Key facts
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SCFs fleet makes it one of the five leading tanker companies in the
world
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It has 158 vessels (owned and chartered) totalling more than 12.6
million dwt (deadweight tonnes). A third of these vessels have a high
ice class. Three more vessels totaling 0.28 million dwt are currently
under construction.
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SCF has one of the most modern tanker fleets in the world. The
average age of each tanker is about 8.5 years and all tankers are
double-hulled.
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SCF’s corporate structure is fully integrated, comprising ship owning,
commercial and technical management
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SCF employs more than 5,300 Russian seafarers and about 2,200
shore-based personnel
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SCF provides a full spectrum of services for the safe and reliable
seaborne transportation of energy to its customers.
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It operates:
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crude oil tankers in Suezmax (120-200,000 dwt) and Aframax (80120,000 dwt) segments
product tankers (45-47,000 dwt), chemical carriers (5-20,000 dwt)
liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas-carriers
ice-class ships
logistical support for offshore development (shuttle oil deliveries in ice
conditions, Floating Storage and Offloading units (FSO) services)
port-related services including management of oil terminals and tugs
operations
technical management of the company's and third party vessels
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NB.
Suezmax is a naval architecture term for the largest ship measurements
capable of transiting the Suez Canal in a laden condition, and is almost
exclusively used in reference to tankers.
An Aframax (Average Freight Rate Assessment) tanker can serve most ports
in the world. These vessels serve regions which do not have very large ports
or offshore oil terminals to accommodate very large crude carriers and ultra
large crude carriers.
Event sponsor
«Transneft»
Oil Transporting Joint Stock Company «Transneft» is the world’s largest
pipeline company carrying out oil and petroleum product transportation
in Russia and abroad.
The length of the main «Transneft» oil pipeline system is about 70,000
kilometers. The company implements the transportation of 93% of oil
produced in Russia. The raw materials export to various regions of the world
is implemented through the oil and petroleum product pipeline system, as well
as through special ports of «Transneft» located on the coast of the Black Sea,
Gulf of Finland and the Pacific Ocean.