À naming ceremony was held at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. shipyard in South Korea for the first two vessels in a new series of LPG carriers (liquefied petroleum gas) ordered by Sovcomflot Group, to operate on long-term contracts with the petrochemical holding company SIBUR. The carriers will serve to transport LPG from SIBUR's LPG and light oils transhipment terminal at the Ust-Luga commercial sea port.

The ceremony was attended by: Natalia Komarova " Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area; Russia's Ambassador in South Korea - Konstantin Vnukov; Sergey Frank " President and CEO of OAO Sovcomflot; Leonid Mikhelson " Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO SIBUR Holding and Chairman of the Executive Board of OAO NOVATEK; Dmitry Konov " General Director of OAO SIBUR Holding; and representatives of the shipyard, banks and classification societies " Britain's Lloyd's Register and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

In 2012, Sovcomflot and SIBUR signed a long-term agreement for the charter of two gas carriers to provide regular transportation of liquefied petroleum gas all year round. In 2013, SIBUR will start exporting LPG via its own terminal at the sea port of Ust-Luga.

. The gas carriers are named after the Russian rivers Voronezh and Tobol " situated in the regions where SIBUR has its operations.

The new LPG carriers were designed in collaboration with SCF Group experts, to SIBUR's requirements, and are equipped with the latest advanced shipbuilding technology. The cargo-pumping system consists of four type-C tanks, with a combined capacity of 20,600 m³, capable of transporting cargo under a pressure of 540kPa. The new vessels are due to be delivered to SCF in August-September of this year.