OREANDA-NEWS. May 31, 2012. The naming ceremony for the new SCF tanker Nikolay Zuev took place in Busan (South Korea). The ship was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering under an agreement to build a series of tankers for the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products, signed in October 2010 between Sovcomflot and Zvezda-DSME - a joint venture of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (Russia) and the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard (Republic of Korea).

In accordance with the company’s procedures, the closing of the contract was preceded by a thorough process of selecting the project and the shipyard-contractor. The proposal from Zvezda-DSME was found to be optimal. All the coordination work, including the endorsement of the technical and commercial parameters of the agreements as well as the choice of the shipyard, were held with the participation of Novoship experts (part of the SCF Group).

 During the construction of Nikolay Zuev, at the DSME production facilities in South Korea, Russian specialists visited the shipyard and enhanced their knowledge of new shipbuilding technologies through working closely with the South Koreans. It is planned that the resulting expertise will allow them to arrange for the construction of hull structures for large-tonnage vessels in the new production facilities of Russia’s Far East. Subsequently, it is planned to construct large-capacity tankers of this class entirely in Russia.

 The vessel complies with all existing international and Russian standards of maritime safety and environmental protection. After entering service, the tanker will work on the transportation of crude oil and dark-oil products in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. Support for the project and the subsequent operation of the tanker Nikolay Zuev will be provided by Novoship.