Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group) celebrates a significant birthday this year, with last month marking 30 years since the USSR’s Ministry of Maritime Fleet signed the order that established the company.

To mark the event, the outfit’s flagship 172,600-cbm, ice-breaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie (built 2017), built for the Arctic-based Yamal LNG project, has been immortalised in a commemorative stamp featured on a first day cover issued last week.