July 24 (LNGJ) - Novatek, the Russian natural gas company and operator of the Yamal LNG plant in northern Siberia, said its power and gas subsidiary shipped the first cargo of LNG from the Yamal facility to Japan eastbound via the Northern Sea Route.
Novatek said the cargo was delivered by the 172,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier “Vladimir Rusanov” under a spot contract and unloaded at the Ohgishima import terminal at Tokyo Bay in Japan. “This LNG cargo is the company’s first successful experience of unloading an Arc-7 ice-class LNG tanker at a Japanese port,” said the Russian company.
