Russia has taken delivery of its first domestically built ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker.
Sovcomflot PJSC, Russia’s largest shipping company, has received the Alexey Kosygin, the first home-built ice-class LNG carrier designed to transport super-chilled gas year-round from the Arctic LNG 2 project
The tanker, with a cargo capacity of 172,600 cubic metres, is the lead vessel in a series of advanced Arc7 ice-class LNG carriers being constructed at the Rosneft Led shipyard.