SCF Group (Sovcomflot) has signed an LNG bunker agreement with energy major Shell for the raft of aframax crude tanker newbuildings recently contracted by the Russian shipowner.

Shell Western LNG signed with Sovcomflot in Japan Monday prior to the kick-off the Gastech meeting tomorrow.

The four ice-classed, dual-fuelled tankers, which deliver from third quarter 2018, will operate in the Baltic Sea and Northern Europe transporting crude oil and petroleum products.

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