The solemn ceremony of bookmarking the next tanker type “Aframax” of 114 thousand tons was held at the Shipbuilding Complex “Star”. The cutting of the metal for the eighth tanker began in the block production unit of the shipyard in October 2020, and the planned period of delivery of the vessel to the customer is 2022. About this “Lente.ru” reported in the press service of Rosneft.
The ship is built by order of the company “Sovcomflot”, followed by chartering by Rosneft. Agreement on the construction of two AFRAMAKS Type Oil Types was concluded in September 2018 in the framework of the IV Eastern Economic Forum.
In the course of the solemn ceremony with the participation of the leadership of the shipyard, representatives of the customer, partner organizations and the labor collective of the enterprise General Director of the SSC “Star” Sergey Tyulyko and the head of the Sovkomflot Eco Surveillance Group Sergey Tsyba attached to the Kilev section of the future tanker a memorable mortgage plate with assigned to the name.
Currently, the Star-Star is underway at various stages are the construction of seven tankers like “Aframax”. The head ship of the series was transferred to the customer at the end of 2020.
AphraMax Tankers are designed for the transport of crude oil and petroleum products in an unlimited area of swimming. The length of the vessel is 250 meters, the width is 44 meters, the deadweight is 114 thousand tons, a platform for a helicopter is provided. Power plants “Aframaks” are capable of working on a liquefied natural gas in accordance with high environmental standards and new rules for the limitation of sulfur oxide emissions and greenhouse gases in the Baltic and Northern Seas basin.