The icebreaking LNG carrier “Christophe de Margerie” was built by the South Korean shipyard DSME and commissioned in March 2017. With ice class Arc-7 and a cargo capacity of 172,600 m³, the freighter can practically sail the Northeast Passage all year...
Just one day after the “Christophe de Margerie”, the second LNG carrier “Nikolay Yevgenov” had started its transit of the Northeast Passage in Sabetta. This caused damage to the ship’s propulsion system. (Photo: D. Lobusov) The passage of...