OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2010. SCF Group (Sovcomflot) has been short-listed for the Company of the Year Award, one of the prestigious 2010 Lloyd’s List Global Awards. The Awards are annually held by the leading daily newspaper for the maritime industry – Lloyd’s List.

The jury, which has selected the finalists for the Award, comprised notable figures and experts from the shipping industry. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in London, on 29 September 2010.

SCF Group has been a finalist of Lloyd’s List Global Awards three times: twice a finalist of the Ship of the Year Award (in 2007 and in 2008), and once the winner of the Newsmaker of the Year Award in 2005.

SCF Group (Sovcomflot):

• Is one of Russia’s largest infrastructure companies. Its fleet comprises 145 vessels of 10.5 million tonnes (dwt) in total; Its current shipbuilding portfolio includes 10 ships of an aggregate deadweight of 0.8 million tonnes (dwt);

• The average age of vessels in the tanker fleet is approximately seven years (the world average vessel age being 12 years);

• SCF Group is a world leader in the product carrier segment; it is the second largest in the Aframax and fourth in the Suezmax segments;

• The company owns the largest ice-class fleet, being No.1 in the segment of the Arctic shuttle tankers and ice-classed LNG tankers;

• The Group provides its customers with hydrocarbon transportation services; crude oil trans-shipment using floating oil storage vessels; services for the development of effective logistics for energy resource transportation, and specialized vessels for servicing offshore drilling and extraction platforms;

• The company is the winner of the prestigious “Seatrade Global Performer 2010” Award in recognition of its pioneering work with Arctic icebreaking tanker operations in harsh weather and ice conditions.