Zvezda cuts steel for first LNG carrier ordered by SCF for Arctic LNG 2

SCF Group’s President & CEO Igor Tonkovidov

Zvezda cuts steel for first LNG carrier ordered by SCF for Arctic LNG 2

On 20 November 2020, a steel cutting ceremony took place for the first in a new series of 15 icebreaking LNG carriers, ordered by SCF Group from Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex (Primorsky Region, Russia), to serve the Arctic LNG 2 project.

Participants in the ceremony included: Yury Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation; Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of the Management...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/20/zvezda-cuts-steel-for-first-lng-carrier-ordered-by-scf-for-arctic-lng-2/

MOL Charters Three Ice-Breaking LNG Carriers for Arctic LNG2

  • MOL signs charter contract for three icebreaking LNG carriers for Arctic LNG 2.
  • The vessels will mainly transport LNG from a loading terminal on the Gydan Peninsula in the Russian Arctic to the FSU in Kamchatka and Murmansk.
  • The new LNG vessels can transport LNG to the FSUs in the east and west throughout the year.
  • The vessels will enable efficient year-round transportation from the Russian Arctic to areas of demand which includes Asia, claimed Mitsui Lines.

Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) president...

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