South Korea: Steel Cutting Ceremony Held for LNG Tanker

This vessel, together with her sistership Hull Number S-1910 which was started this May, were ordered by SCF Group (Sovcomflot) last year for a long-term time charter with GM&T group.

When completed in early 2014, this highly sophisticated and efficient 170,000 cbm vessel with ice-class and winterisation, tri-fuel diesel electric propulsion and strengthened membrane tanks will join the GM&T LNG fleet and support its growing global LNG operations.

In line with the GM&T strategy, this and all other long-term time chartered LNG vessels will have full  Russian crew.  To support this initiative, GM&T has launched a joint programme with Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg to promote maritime careers among young people of the Novgorod and Pskov regions of Russia.

The ceremony was attended by representatives of GM&T, SCF Group, STX Offshore and Shipbuilding, Russian Register and Lloyd’s Register.