Eduard Toll entered the open water in the Chukchi Sea and voyaging to the Chinese port of Jiangsu Rudong. Eduard Toll is the fourth of 15 Arc7 LNG carriers built for the Yamal LNG project and Teekay’s first of six LNG carrier newbuildings contracted to service the project.
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, has deployed specific ice-class tankers to ship the chilled fuel from its Yamal LNG project via the Northern Sea Route.
One of the vessels that made the first Northern Sea Route transit, carrying a Yamal LNG cargo to Asian-Pacific markets in July.