Sovcomflot backs LNG fuelling as way forward for its growing fleet

All of Sovcomflot (SCF Group)’s future newbuildings will be LNG-fuelled as the company moves ahead with its strategy for energy-efficient vessels, new president and chief executive Igor Tonkovidov said.

Speaking to TradeWinds for the first time as head of the Russian shipowning giant, Tonkovidov said: “If we are building for our own operation, yes, it has been decided that they will be LNG-fuelled.”