Russian tanker heavyweight Sovcomflot has claimed another spot in the Arctic shipping history books.
Its new shuttle tanker, the 42,000-dwt Shturman Ovtsyn (built 2016), passed through the Northern Sea Route over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
It undertook the voyage with assistance from the Atomflot icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy, with the convoy becoming the first to undertake such a voyage in late December.
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