A shuttle tanker owned by Russia's SCF Group won the first designation for the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) new standard for ice class ships.
The 42,000-dwt Shturman Albanov (built 2016) was given the Polar Ship certification from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The IMO's new Polar Code will enter into force 1 January 2017 with a transition period until 2018.
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