Competitive position
Main competitors of Sovcomflot Group in core business areas are:
- Fredriksen Group, Cyprus;
- Teekay Corporation, Canada;
- Euronav N.V., Belgium;
- Knutsen OAS Shipping, Norway;
- China COSCO Shipping, China;
- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan;
- Dynacom Tankers, Greece;
- Scorpio Group, Monaco
- Torm A/S, Denmark
- Minerva Marine, Greece;
- BW Group, Bermuda
- Tsakos Group, Greece;
- MISC, Malaysia.
The Group’s share of the freight market does not exceed 1%. Any change in this indicator over the past three years is considered immaterial (less than 0.01%) due to the high degree of fragmentation on the tanker transportation market and the continued presence of a significant number of operators, estimated in total at about 3,200 (including approximately 200 companies with a fleet of 10 or more tankers).
According to Clarksons, at the end of the reporting period Sovcomflot Group held the following positions in global shipowner rankings:
| Parameter | Global ranking |
|---|---|
| Arctic shuttle tanker fleet | 1 |
| Ice-class tanker fleet | 1 |
| Aframax tanker fleet | 1 |
| Fleet of multifunctional icebreaking vessels | 1 |
| Size of tanker fleet | 3 |
| Shuttle tanker fleet | 3 |
| Ice-class LNG tanker fleet | 5 |
| Product tanker fleet | 6 |