Early bird LNG carrier shaves four days off Arctic passage

A laden Arc7 LNG carrier — the second vessel of its kind to make an early eastbound transit of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this year — shaved four days off the passage time by taking an unusual southerly course.

Eikland Energy data service iGIS/LNG provided tracking information to TradeWinds that shows the 172,600-cbm Vladimir Voronin (built 2019) taking a shore-hugging route, both early in its voyage and towards the easterly end of the NSR.