On 22 December, 2012, OAO Sovcomflot held a grand opening
ceremony for its new training & engineering centre (TEC) in
Saint-Petersburg. This unique centre will provide special training for
the company’s captains and senior officers in preparation for navigation in the challenging climatic conditions of the Arctic.The training & engineering centre will work closely with SCF
Group headquarters which is located in the historical centre of
Saint-Petersburg on the embankment of the Moika River.The TEC opening ceremony was attended by: Valentina Matvienko –
Speaker of the Council of the Federation, Sergey Naryshkin – Chairman of the State Duma, Georgiy Poltavchenko – Governor of Saint-Petersburg,
ViktorOlerskiy – Deputy Minister of Transport, and Ilya Klebanov
–Chairman of the Board at OAO Sovcomflot.The opening of the modern training centre in Russia’s maritime
capital marks an important milestone in the implementation of the SCF
development strategy which provides for an expansion of company
participation in oil & gas projects in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
Sovcomflot vessels provide year-round support for large offshore energy
projects, such as: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Tangguh, Escobar,
and Peregrino.Personnel training at the new SCF centre will be conducted in close
collaboration with Russia’s leading maritime institute, the Admiral
Makarov State Maritime Academy (Saint-Petersburg). Modern systems in
place at the centre will allow SCF to conduct essential training,
simulate navigational situations in differing climatic conditions, and
develop the best possible engineering solutions for specific projects
using the centre’s own equipment. Thus, SCF’s headquarters in Petersburg will become the focal point for work done by the company’s analytical,
engineering and training centres. This will create a special fusion of
company knowledge and practical experience, and will provide further
impetus in the development of unique high-latitude projects in icy
conditions.SCF’s new training centre will provide staff with the opportunity to
trial and drill a whole range of Arctic maritime operations: navigation
at northern latitudes, servicing of oil platforms, the transportation
and offloading of hydrocarbons in challenging climatic conditions,
navigating in icy waters with icebreaker escort, approaching
ice-resistant terminals and vessel positioning during loading
operations, the organisation of complex towing operations, etc.All training equipment at the SCF TEC, as well as navigational and
cartographic hardware, was manufactured and installed by the Russian
company Transas (Saint-Petersburg) – a leading supplier of onboard
electronics, maritime and aviation simulators.“Sovcomflot Group has accumulated a wealth of operational
experience in challenging climatic conditions. SCF vessels are engaged
in a wide range of maritime engineering operations in the Arctic and
sub-Arctic. This type of work requires constant attention to staff
selection and training. Using our extensive experience, we are now
developing our maritime school with the aim of raising the quality of
our services, maintaining high standards of maritime safety, ensuring
efficient fleet operations, and improving the company’s competitive
strength. Today’s opening of the Sovcomflot training and engineering
centre represents a unique coming together of a new educational
institution and our company’s analytical and engineering subdivisions.
This will ensure a new level of training for the crews of our vessels.” – Sergey Frank, President of OAO Sovcomflot.“This new training centre is a fine example of cooperation
between a manufacturer of navigational equipment and training systems,
and a shipping company. The combined efforts of Transas and Sovcomflot
have come to fruition in the creation of this state-of-the-art training
facility with its customised, and often original, solutions which best
suit the training requirements of staff from OAO Sovcomflot and its
partners. Many of the systems installed at the TEC not only provide new
principles of staff training, but also anticipate the future of hardware exploitation in maritime navigation.” – Nikolay Lebedev, President of Transas Group.Sovcomflot Group is Russia’s largest shipping
company and is a world leader in the sphere of maritime hydrocarbon
transportation. SCF also supports continental shelf exploration and oil
& gas production. The SCF fleet includes 156 company-owned and
chartered vessels with a combined deadweight of around 12 million tonnes and specialises in hydrocarbon transportation from regions with
challenging ice conditions. A third of the SCF fleet is made up of high
ice class vessels.Sovcomflot supports large-scale offshore energy projects in Russia
and the rest of the world, including: Sakhalin-I, Sakhalin-II, Varandey, Prirazlomnoye, Tangguh, Escobar, and Peregrino.The company has its headquarters in Saint-Petersburg and
representative offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok,
London, Limassol, Madrid, Singapore and Dubai.
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26 December 2012 - 08:30
Sovcomflot Opens Training and Engineering Centre for Projects in Arctic
On 22 December, 2012, OAO Sovcomflot held a grand opening ceremony for its new training & engineering centre (TEC) in Saint-Petersburg.
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26 December 2012 - 08:30
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