Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has delivered its much-delayed first ice-class shuttle tanker, almost seven years after it was ordered, amid speculation that its first Arc7 LNG carrier newbuilding will follow.
Zvezda handed over the 69,000-dwt, Arc6 Valentin Pikul (built 2024) to Russia’s Rosnefteflot, which provides oil and products transportation. The vessel, which is currently shown in Ussuri Bay and to the west of the yard, has been built to break 1.5-metre-thick
