Ahoy, fellow maritime enthusiasts! Welcome aboard as we embark on an exhilarating voyage through the fascinating world of ship classifications. Thes… Read More

Vladivostok, located in Russia’s Far East, hosted the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), on 12th to 13th September 2023, in an attempt to define further the development of this remote r… Read More

For the past decade, while the rest of us weren’t looking, Russia has invested seriously in its Arctic region. Now, some 20% of the country’s GDP and 30% of its exports come… Read More

MOSCOW, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Metals miner Nornickel said it will participate in the design and building of Russia’s first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel icebreake… Read More

A Russian shipper said August 20 that a keel-laying ceremony was held on the country’s far east coast for a new icebreaking LNG carrier.Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) said t… Read More

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 traditio… Read More

Developed by independent Russian gas company Novatek, the 16mn mt/yr Yamal LNG project demanded a new kind of LNG carrier (LNGC) capable of operating in the harsh Arctic environment. Now, No… Read More

Gazprom's oil production subsidiary Gazprom Neft has agreed to collaborate with shipbuilder Sovcomflot (SCF) on low-carbon-fuelled tankers, it said September 3. The companies’ par… Read More

The Arctic has been hailed as the future of Russia’s oil and gas industry. Companies are pushing ever further north with increasingly remote and complex exploration and production proj… Read More

by Sabina Zawadzki (Reuters) – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker carrying a cargo from the Yamal LNG plant has spent this week making its way through Arctic waters north of Russia t… Read More

PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company) announced that its joint venture Yamal LNG has reached full capacity at the plant’s three LNG trains. The Yamal LNG projec… Read More

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …Charles DickensWe usually talk about Russian gas exports as if they were homogenous. But while such an assumption would have been… Read More

In the year 2019, the maritime industry saw the launch of some of the most impressive vessels which are also currently the largest in the world in their type. Let’s take a look at some… Read More

Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in Russia’s far east and Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) have signed a contract to build a dual-fuel gas carrier vessel for the Arc… Read More

The Clean Arctic Alliance applauded progress by International Maritime Organization member states today towards banning use of the world’s dirtiest fuel – heavy fuel oil –… Read More

Increasing the utilisation of inland waterways is currently a hot topic, especially in Central Europe. Climate change and environmental protection are also at the centre of public attention… Read More