STEPAN MAKAROV

The icebreaking vessel for production platforms is designed to operate under the Sakhalin-2 project (a project to develop the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil and Lunskoye gas fields offshore Sakhalin Island in Okhotsk Sea). The vessel's tasks are to ensure the safety of personnel of offshore oil and gas production platforms in the Okhotsk Sea, respond to emergency spills at sea, accommodate additional personnel working on offshore oil and gas production platforms, etc.
The vessel is affiliated with the sanctioned PJSC Sovcomflot, the largest state-owned shipping company in russia, which provides services and support for offshore hydrocarbon production and transportation of russian crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas. The major charterers of PJSC Sovcomflot's vessels are russia's largest oil and gas companies and traders. PJSC Sovcomflot is involved in servicing major oil and gas projects in russia: Sakhalin-1, Sakhalin-2, Varandey, Prirazlomnoye, Novy Port, Yamal LNG and others.
On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which the sanctioned russian PJSC Sovcomflot has an interest.