Sovcomflot holds keel-laying ceremony in Far East shipyard for first of 15 LNG carriers for Arctic project
Sovcomflot said a keel-laying ceremony was held at the Zvezda Shipbuilding yard in Russia’s Far East for a new Arctic liquefied natural gas vessel ordered by the Russian tanker and LNG carrier fleet owner.
LNG will be close to meeting Northern Sea Route 2024 traffic targets but coal and oil fall short
The Russian government has reduced its target for energy cargo transportation to China and Asian nations by the Northern Sea Route with only shipments of LNG close to meeting projected volumes and cargoes of coal and oil falling short.
Yamal LNG for Asia
Oct 2 (LNGJ) - Novatek said that 15 LNG cargos from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia were shipped eastwards to the Asia-Pacific market directly from Sabetta port via the Northern Sea Route during the third quarter 2019. “The eastward shipments represented about 25 percent of all LNG sent out from the Yamal plant during the quarter,” added Novatek.
A current fleet of 13 Arc7 ice-class tankers along with lower ice-class designated carriers transports cargoes from the Yamal facility to customers. Novatek said that another two Arc7 ice-class carriers are expected to be in operation by the end of 2019. “The increase of LNG delivered eastbound via the NSR confirms the commercial priority of the Asia-Pacific region as a strategic direction for future deliveries of Novatek LNG,” noted Lev Feodosyev, deputy chairman of the Novatek board.
