Sovcomflot Takes Delivery of LNG Ready Tanker

Sovcomflot has taken delivery of a newly built green MR tanker named “Ivan Aivazovsky” named to commemorate the great Russian seascape painter.

The “Ivan Aivazovsky” is the lead vessel in a new series of product tankers that will be deployed transporting oil products from areas with ice conditions. The tankers will fly the Russian flag.

Vessel particulars:

• LOA: 183 m,
• Beam: 32.2 m,
• Draft: 13.4 m,
• Deadweight: 49,800 tons,
• Ice class: 1B.

The tanker was built at Zvezda shipyard in the Russian Far East. She is the first double-fuel R tanker built in Russia.

Photo: courtesy of Sovcomflot