The Zvezda shipbuilding complex has started cutting steel for the lead vessel of the new series – the ice-class LNG tanker ‘ARC 7’. The ceremony took place in the hull production unit. The first part was cut on a high-tech plasma cutting machine in the presence of representatives of the shipyard, the customer, and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
In the Russian Federation, gas carriers are being built for the first time. For many years, they were ordered exclusively abroad. The...