Novatek hails out-of-season Arctic equipment delivery
The AUDAX Arc7 ice-class carrier, loaded with a process module for the Arctic LNG-2 project in the Russian Arctic, has completed a voyage along the Northern Sea Route long after the traditional end of the navigation season, Arctic LNG-2 operator Novatek reported on February 17.
The carrier carried the module weighing nearly 12,000 metric tons from the Chinese port of Tianjin to Murmansk in Russia's far north.
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"This voyage is unique in terms of a vessel of this size passing the entire Northern Sea Route with a nuclear icebreaker support in February in challenging ice conditions," Novatek said.
Novatek noted that the current season has seen more severe ice than usual, and the past summer-autumn navigation period had ended much earlier than usual, in November 2021.