Captain Sergey Zybko is proud of his vessel. It has just been inspected and cleared by Spanish port-state control in Barcelona and the vessel's manager, Unicom Management Services, says no deficiencies were logged not bad for a 38-year-old LNG carrier that has been trading most of its life.
Russian shipowner Sovcomflot took delivery of what is now the 71,651-cbm SCF Arctic (built 1969), the former Methane Arctic, and its sistership Methane Polar, in November paying then owner BG Group $46.5m