09-09-08 Russian oil major Rosneft has got its first ice-protected tanker for operations in the Barents Sea. The 30,000 ton vessel named "Arkhangelsk" will ship oil from the Timan-Pechora province to Murmansk.
The vessel, which is constructed at the Spanish yard Faktorias Vulkano, will start shipping operations in October this year. The vessel is Rosneft's first tanker for operations in the High North.

The 176 meter long vessels has the capacity to ship up to 1,2 mm tons of oil from terminals east in the Barents Sea to the Kola Bay.
There, the oil is reloaded to the terminal tanker "Belokamenka".