MOSCOW: The Murmansk Shipping Company (MSC), the biggest cargo transport company in the Russian Arctic sector, for the first time in recent ten years purchased a new vessel for its fleet. In two days (on Wednesday, April 19) The Vsevolod Beletsky will dock the shipping company’s terminal, the company’s press service said on Monday. “The cargo vessel was build at a shipyard in China in 2010,” the company said. “In April 2017, it was registered in the Russian international registry and joined the fleet of the Murmansk Shipping Company.”
The Vsevolod Beletsky transports composed and general cargoes. Its length is 179.5m, width – 27.7m and the deadweight is more than 33,000 tonnes. Earlier, it belonged to foreign companies and served international routes. The vessel will come to Murmansk from Europe. MSC will use it for voyages to overseas destinations. A welcome ceremony will take place in Murmansk. One of the guests would be Vsevolod Beletsky, whose name the new vessel carries. He is deputy head of the regional organization of sea and river fleets’ veterans. Vsevolod Beletsky was head of the Murmansk Shipping Company between 1985 and 1991. He was awarded two state orders.
Earlier, MSC’s Director General Alexander Medvedev told TASS the cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route to the Extreme North regions in 2016 made 906,000 tonnes against 776,000 tonnes in 2015. He said the Arctic fleet’s vessels can be working along the Northern Sea Route the year round. Historically, the Murmansk Shipping Co. has been the biggest shipping company, which serves most cargo transportations in the Russian Arctic sector. The company’s director general said its strategic partners are state-owned company Chukotsnab (Chukotka’s supplies), companies Gazprom, South Tambey LNG, Yamal LNG and Norilsk Nickel. The cargo is shipped for the biggest Russian Arctic projects. The company also serves coastal shipments for the Defense Ministry along the Northern Sea Route.
