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First Tranches Paid by VEB.RF to Finance Construction of Ten LNG Carriers at Zvezda

25 september 2020 года
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VEB.RF has begun financing the construction of ten LNG carriers under the Arctic LNG 2 project. The VEB.RF Group had previously entered into shipbuilding contracts with the Zvezda shipyard and leasing agreements with SMART LNG (a joint venture between Sovcomflot and NOVATEK). The ten gas tankers are the final batch of 15 ships financed with the approval of VEB.RF’s Supervisory Board.

“VEB.RF paid the first tranches to finance the construction of ten new ships. We had previously signed contracts and made prepayments for five more gas tankers. It’s intended that the construction of the first tanker in this batch will start as early as this year, while the delivery is scheduled for 2023–2025. We signed documents and began to provide financing for all the 21 ships approved by VEB.RF’s Supervisory Board. Three of them are already under construction. The shipyard’s larger business portfolio brings added impetus to plans to develop the economy in the Far East as a whole,” VEB.RF’s First Deputy Chairman and Member of the Board Nikolay Tsekhomsky commented.

The gas tanker (ice class Arc7) is designed to transport LNG on a year-round basis in the ice-bound conditions of the Arctic. They have the ice-breaking capability to navigate in ice with a thickness of more than 2 metres. Fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the ships feature improved environmental performance. Zvezda’s new contracts will provide the basis for implementing the presidential decree aiming to create a cluster of shipbuilders in the Russian Far East, increase the local content of Russian-made products, build medium- and large-sized vessels, and manufacture marine equipment.

The Far East Development Fund (part of VEB.RF) finances the construction of residential houses for Zvezda employees in the town of Bolshoy Kamen.

As early as now, Zvezda is one of the largest employers in the Primorie Territory. The shipyard currently employs over 3,800 people. On reaching its design capacity (scheduled for 2024), the company is to have a workforce of 7,500.


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