23.01.12
Mv “Anna Akhmatova” completed her voyage on securing the change of crews of an ice breaker “Varandey” and a supply vessel “Toboy”. The crews of both vessels, 42 in number, boarded mv “Anna Akhmatova” at the port of Murmansk, supplies and provision for the ice-breakers were taken as well. With the operation of the crew change completed and supplies discharging onto vessels working near the Ice-proof oil terminal “Varandey Terminal”, “Anna Akhmatova” left for Murmansk with the relief crews on board. The operation was arranged by JSC “Belfreight” by request of the “Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft” Ltd.
29.12.11
"Belfreight" JSC was declared a winner of a tender to attend the vessels of “Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft” at ports of the White, Barents and Kara seas.
Two vessels of “Lukoil-KMN” including i/b “Vanandey” and a supply vessel of “Toboy” are on annual emergency duty near the Permanent marine ice-proof load berth of Varandey terminal and to assist approaching vessels when passing through ice fields at the Barents sea.
17.11.11
Recent acquisition of mv “Amur 2537” from the “River Shipping Company”, was a new addition to the fleet of Belfreight. The vessel left for her first voyage to Wilhelmshafen with a full cargo of sawn goods shipped by “Solombala Saw mill”. Built in 1991, the vessel was equipped with up-to-date radio-navigation equipment and cartography to get her navigation safety level correspond to that of the Belfreight standards.
28.10.11
Belfreight played as a general contractor here to organize the expedition and to provide its own and chartered fleet with a special vessel of “Geoshelf” as a base to accommodate more than one hundred of expedition members. Shallow-draught tugs of “BTP-615” and “Plotovod” along with a couple of barges to place the survey equipment acted as supporting fleet.
The normal work of the expedition was secured by Belfreight vessels, providing it with provision, fuel and supply during the whole season. To comply with the expedition requirements Belfreight arranged as well a series of preparatory works starting from purchase of the necessary equipment and up to modernization of the fleet.
As a result, the expedition succeded in composition of a detailed geological map of the Kruzenshterskoye field located in a shallow bay of Sharapov Shar in the Kara sea. The field was discovered in 1976 with the major part of resources lying under the seabed. There were 8 natural gas and 4 condensate pools revealed within the field.
12.10.11
In July the rig was towed from its base port of Yamburg to the work site near Kharasavey port. That was so called a “wet” towage with the rig towed when afloat.
In October, by the end of drilling season the rig of Amazon was brought to Murmansk for a scheduled maintenance. In this case the rig was towed in a “dry” way , i.e. when put on a barge.
The “dry” transportation is a complicated affair with some important moments to bear in mind. First, a special oceanic barge had to be chartered in Europe capable of accepting both 6500 t of the rig’s considerable weight and its specific construction. Then, to enable the foreign flag barge to trade in the Russian sector of Arctic it had to be re-flagged to hoist the Russian flag.
The most complicated stage of the project appeared to be the loading of the rig itself onto the barge. The loading took place in the straight of Yugorskiy Shar, a facility-free area. The barge was placed by means of a tug to under the rig first when the latter was standing lifted on its legs, then the rig lowered itself onto the barge deck and got sea-fastened. The performance of such operation required nearly perfect conditions and extraordinary accuracy.
On each project stage Belfreight acted as a general contractor, operator and co-ordinaror for the Gazflot Ltd. To succeed in the project realization there were serious Russian companies and experienced foreign advisers contracted. The performer of the towages was i/b Dixon of the “Rosmorport - Arkhangelsk branch” State enterprise. The carriage and sea fastening project manuals for the rig were developed by JSC “CNIIMF”.
In fact,it was the second involvement of Belfreight in the “dry” towage of the rig of “Amazon”. The first one took place in the season of 2006-2007 on the route of Yamburg-Murmansk-Yamburg.
29.09.11
To realize the assigned tasks they used mv “Mary 2” as a carrier for scientific equipment , a motor-launch, a drill rig and a special crane of extended carrying capacity.
In spite of critically shallow depths in the area the vessel managed to bring the expedition to the work site and was providing it with supply for near a month time.
The works fulfilled by the expedition were soil sampling, engineering drilling, measuring of hydro-meteorological parameters of the aquatic environment and so forth. The fact that the vessel could approach the survey site as close as possible allowed to succesfully complete the works in schedule date.
The expedition resulted in a full accomplishment of a complex of engineering-geological survey in the off-shore area of the Western part of Yamal peninsula in the vicinity of the “Kruzenshternskoye” gas field.
19.09.11
10.09.11
A special requirement to meet was to perform the shipment in the shortest possible time. So, the only avenue to realize the project seemed to use the Northern Sea Route, having a suitable vessel available that could be of high ice-class and capable of taking aboard structures of 22,5m x 22,5m in size. In view of the required vessel type lacking a decision was made to re-construct a “Pioner Moskvy” type vessel to enlarge her 17,3 m beam to take cargoes as wide as 22,5m in width. The core of the re-construction was mounting of special foundations on the hold hatches along with instalment of special steel “wings” on the vessel sides, acting as supports for the oversized cargo. An extra dry ballast was taken aboard as well to secure the vessel stability. Finally, it took only 26 days to ship the cargo to destination, which is twice as less than to use alternative Southern routes.
Apart from transportation affairs, we also took part in arrangement of customs clearance of the cargo. We managed to get it inspected on board, without discharge, enabling the vessel to stay at the port of Murmansk for 24 hours only.
The project manuals for transportation and sea fastening were developed by JSC “CNIIMF”. The carriage was performed by mv “Pioner Moskvy” of JSC “Northern Shipping Company”. The vessel re-construction and consequent dismantling of the fastening was carried out with a participation of Belfreight affiliated enetrprise the “ Arkhangelsk Ship Demolition Plant” Ltd.
23.06.11
mv Letniy Bereg safely completed loading of heavy-weight and oversized equipment and left the port of Mariupol for Krasnoyarsk. The consignee is Krasnoyarskaya hydroelectric power station.The vessel has to cover the distance of more than 4,5 thousand nautical miles through inland water ways of European part of Russian Federation, the Northern Sea Route and the river of Enisey.
25.05.11
According to solution of LLC “Bashneft-Polus” Purchase committee about the choice of supplier of crushed stone, fr.40-70, in port Varandey during summer navigation 2011, JSC “Belfreight” is recognized to be a winner of this purchase procedure.
27.11.10
On 27 November JSC Belfreight brought to Varandey the last portion of the entire supply of 18 thousand ton of crushed stone for needs of the “Naryanmarneftegaz” Ltd. The cargo was shipped from harbours of Onega lake and the port of Arkhangelsk.
The latter ship of the company to arrive at the port was “Mery-2” who completed her discharge on 27 November in severe ice conditions and closed the navigation of 2010 in the port of Varandey.
17.11.10
An intense ice-class tug boat “Antey” with a capacity of 2300 hp, formerly owned by JSC “Tuapse sea port”, has joined the fleet of JSC “Belfreight”. The tugboat is destined to participate in tow and salvage operations in the northern seas of Russian Federation.
16.11.10
On 16 November 2010 the first stage of realization of one of the most ambitious projects of Sevmash, the ice-protected platform “Prirazlomnaya” construction, was completed.
After having been under construction at the Sevmash yard for around 15 years the platform was brought to outside Murmansk, where it will be supplied with concrete ballasting and made ready for work in the Arctic.
JSC Belfreight was engaged to participate in the platform withdrawal from the Sevmash yard as a time-charter owner of “Zhizhgin” and “Sergey Serdakov” tug boats. The company’s dry-cargo fleet was involved afterwards to carry supply for the paltform “Prirazlomnaya” from Severodvinsk to Murmansk.
In order to continue the co-operation, Sevmash nominated our company as an agent to their support fleet, involved in the “Prirazlomnaya” platfrom fitting-out.
Murmansk branch of JSC Belfreight is taking an active part in solving urgent matters connectd with the Sevmash support fleet functioning in the port of Murmansk.
21.10.10
From 29 July to 20 October this year JSC “Belfreight” was involved in providing an integrated support (a comprehensive supply) for exploration seismology expedition of Yuzhmorgeologiya State Scientific Cetre. The works were carried out in shallow waters of the Yamal Peninsula, which required bringing in special shallow draft fleet. In addition to our own expeditionary mother ship “Geoshelf”, there were 6 (six) more different purpose vessels charterd by Belfreight for the work to be fulfilled. The forming of the Expedition took place at piers of the Belfreight’s subsidiary LLC “Arkhangelsk ship cutting plant”.
15.09.10
It was “Captain Martyshkin” tug , who called at Arkhangelsk for the floating dock “M-31” on August, 23. On the next day at 5.20 AM , a convoy of tug boat “Captain Martyshkin”, the floating dock and 3 supporting tugs, namely “Zhizhgin”, “Grumant” and “Murman”, started sailing from Krasnaya Kuznitsa berth heading for Mudyugskij pilot buoy to leave the port.
Upon departure formalities completion on the Chizhovskiy roads, the side tugs “Murman” and “Grumant” quit and the caravan proceeded its voyage towed by the “Captain Martyshkin” and suppored by “Zhizhgin” tug from stern. The further towage to the destination port of Kaliningrad, from the pilot buoy on, was performed by the “Captain Martyshkin” tug independently.
All arrangements for the caravan withdrawal and towage from Arkhangelsk to the port of Kaliningrad were made by JSC “Belfreight”.
27.07.10
Within the framework of realization of an international project “Tobolsk-Polimer” on construction of the modern industrial complex to manufacture propilene in Russia, there two vessels of Belfreight involved to carry large-size equipment directly to the construction site at Tobolsk from ports of the Western Europe.
In 2010 a motor vessel “Mery-2” is going to be the first ship to deliver unique equipment to the Irtysh sea port for the plant construction. During summer navigation of 2009 this vessel made similar journey and was the first in its “river-sea” type, having started direct transportation from ports the Wesstern Europe to the ports of Siberian rivers.
The second vessel “Brin-Navolok”, carrying similar cargo, is now about to call at the port of St Petersburg. On passing some arrival formalities, the vessel will continue its voyage heading for Tobolsk.
11.02.2009
In 2008 JSC Belfreight transferred to the State budget more than 42,0 mln RUR of dues and taxes.
05.02.2009
A new ice-breaker for the Luk-Oil
A ceremony of consecration and putting into operation of a multifunctional ice-breaker “Varandey” took place in Murmansk on February 3. The ship owner is the “Lukoil-Kaliiningradmorneft” Ltd. The ship was built at the Keppel Singmarine (Singapore) shipyard. The ice-breaker is intended for securing the ice pilotage of tankers to PMILB (permanent marine ice-proof load berth) of JSC «Varandey Terminal» during Winter navigation. A series of the ice-breaker’s features make the ship unique in her class worldwide, leaving those alike far behind.
Belfreight acted as the ship agent and organizer of a grand ceremony on putting the ship into operation. High-ranking personnel of JSC LUKOIL and “Lukoil-Kaliiningradmorneft” joined the ceremony along with the leaders and representatives of Murmansk region administration.
We wish the vessel a good luck and accident-free trading.
14.07.2008
Arkhangelsk scientists estimate the prospects of drilling at the Barents sea.
The expedition’s objective is to gain a full amount of initial data to assess the environmental impact of prospective hole drilling upon the ecosystem of territories in the vicinity of the Pechora sea. These works are performed by Northern Department of Hydremeteorological service according to the expedition activities schedule and within the framework of agreement with Belfreight. Major tasks of the research are to carry on oceanographical, hydro chemical, hydro biological, ornithological studies along with revealing of contaminating substances in water, bottom sediments and biota including collected data processing and its assessment in view of current condition of separate elements of the Pechora sea ecosystem.
17.06.08 - Our company expands its activity – we are open to consult you and offer service in the sphere of import and export cargo clearance, arrange transportation of your cargoes by customs carrier at the most competitive and favorable rates.
Will be happy to answer your questions.
04.04.08 - mv «Brin-Navolok» was adopted by Belfreight to operate and on 02.04.2008 she left for her first voyage with a cargo of steel manufactured by JCS "Novolipetskiy Metallurgical Enterprise" (OJSC “Novolipetsk steel”) from the port of Taganrog to Ravenna (Italy).
17.12.2007 - Project Department renamed into Depfrtment of Shelf projects and towages. The department’s chief is Andrey V.Danilov
21.09.2007 - We moved to a new office at str. Pomorskaya, 32