A Novatek official reported to Reuters that Novatek, the Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer is looking to tranship its Yamal cargoes in Norway or Russia’s Murmansk, as the company is still unsure of its shipping activities, following the US’s sanctions on the Chinese COSCO tankers.
Background
In fact, on Wednesday, September 25 the United States imposed sanctions on state-owned COSCO’s subsidiaries, COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Co and COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman & Ship...
https://safety4sea.com/novatek-considers-lng-cargo-transshipments-following-sanctioned-cosco/