SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A crude oil tanker owned by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has completed its first voyage across the Baltic and North Seas operating on liquefied natural gas (LNG), the company said on Wednesday. The Aframax tanker Gagarin Prospect delivered a cargo of 104,815 tonnes of crude oil from Primorsk to Rotterdam, the company said in a … [Read more...]
Shell Time Charters Two Pioneering LNG-Powered Tankers from SCF Group
Russian state-owned shipping company SCF Group has signed time charter agreements with a unit of Royal Dutch Shell for the charter of two of the world's first LNG-powered oil tankers. The signed agreements mark the next step in SCF Group's effort to construct six Aframax tankers powered by a combination of liquefied natural gas and heavy oil. The vessels are currently under … [Read more...]