Russia's soon-to-start up Yamal LNG project began to show itself to the world today.

Over 100 invited guests flew in to the Arctic project's base at Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsula for a ceremony to mark the maiden call of the project's flagship vessel SCF Group's 172,600-cbm Christophe de Margerie (built 2016).

Among their numbers were shipowners who have ordered sisterships for the Arc7 fleet.

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