据世界天然气网站9月2日消息 由于市场条件的改善，俄罗斯最大的航运公司Sovcomflot在2019年上半年扭亏为盈。

该公司在2019年前六个月的净利润为9100万美元，而去年同期的净亏损为5780万美元。

Sovcomflot总裁兼首席执行官谢尔盖?弗兰克在评论结果时表示：“与2018年同期相比，公司在2019年上半年实现了显著增长，且超过了我们的预算计划。公司为工业石油和天然气项目服务船舶的成功运营以及传统油轮市场（石油和石油产品）中船队运营收入的增加反映出货运市场的某些改善，尽管即期运价没有改善，为历史平均水平。”

Sovcomflot高级执行副总裁Evgeniy Ambrosov补充称，公司在Grand Aniva和Grand Elena LNGC库页岛二项目开始液化天然气运输10周年之际（当时Mikhail Ulyanov系列油轮从Prirazlomnaya平台运输了1000万吨石油）达到了里程碑。

Sovcomflot进一步指出，5月份它与荷兰国际银行、伊佩克斯银行和法国农业信贷投资银行签署了一项新的2.97亿美元的信贷安排，期限长达10年。这笔资金将用于资助两艘新一代17.4万立方米的Atlanticmax液化天然气运输船，该船将以长期租船的方式运营给壳牌公司。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Sovcomflot swings to H1 profit

Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot swung to a profit during the first half of the year 2019 on the back of improved market conditions.

The company reported a net profit of $91 million during the first six months of 2019, compared to a net loss of $57.8 million in the corresponding period last year.

Commenting on the results, Sergey Frank, president and CEO of Sovcomflot said, “The company achieved significant growth in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, exceeding our budget plans. The successful operation of SCF’s vessels serving industrial oil and gas projects, together with the growth of revenues from fleet operations in the conventional tanker market segments (oil and petroleum products), reflected certain improvements in the freight market, although spot rates did not reach their historical averages.”

Senior executive vice-president of Sovcomflot, Evgeniy Ambrosov added that the company reached milestones during the period under review, with the 10th anniversary of the start of LNG shipments from the Sakhalin-2 project by the Grand Aniva and Grand Elena LNGC’s and the 10-millionth tonne of oil transported by the Mikhail Ulyanov series of tankers from the Prirazlomnaya platform.

Sovcomflot further reminded that in May, it signed a new $297 million credit facility, for up to ten years with ING Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. The funds will be used towards the financing of two new-generation 174,000-cubic meters Atlanticmax LNG carriers, which will operate under long-term charters to Shell.