Russia’s Yamal LNG Gets New Tanker for Ship-to-Ship Transfers

MOSCOW, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Russia’s liquefied natural gas plant Yamal LNG, led by Novatek, has acquired a new gas carrier for ship-to-ship operations near the Arctic port of Murmansk, ship-tracking LSEG data showed on Thursday.

That would be its fifth new tanker, used for the transhipments of the supercooled gas from Yamal LNG near Murmansk, since the start of the northern hemisphere winter season.

According to the LSEG data, t…