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Zvezda delivers first Russian-built ice-class LNG carrier to Sovcomflot

By LNG Prime Staff
Zvezda delivers first Russian-built ice-class LNG carrier to Sovcomflot
Image: Zvezda

Russian Zvezda yard has delivered what it says is the first Russian-built ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The 172,600-cbm Aleksey Kosygin is the first ice-class Arc7 carrier in a series of vessels that will serve the Novatek-operated Arctic LNG 2 project.

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