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Christophe de Margerie

Photos Courtesy: Yamal LNG and Sovcom? ot.

Sovcom? ot’s LNG carrier Christophe required to travel the regular southern de Margerie, built by South Korea’s route through the Suez Canal, helping

DSME, made the world’s ? rst-ever to signi? cantly reduce fuel consump-

World’s First crossing of the Northern Sea in late Au- tion and ship fuel emissions. Christophe gust without the aid of an ice-breaker, a de Margerie measures 300 x 50 m and unique and record-setting vessel pow- maintained an average speed of 14 knots ered by ABB’s Azipod electric propul- despite sailing through ice that was over sion technology. The 172,600 cubic me- one meter thick in places. Christophe de ters Arctic LNG tanker, which features Margerie, owned by the largest Russian

Icebreaking a lightweight steel reinforced hull, is the shipping company Sovcom? ot, is the largest commercial ship to receive Arc7 ? rst of 15 specially designed vessels that certi? cation, and is capable of travel- will be the most powerful icebreaking ling through ice up to 2.1m thick. It LNG carriers in the world, capable of crossed the Northern Sea Route (NSR) transporting gas year round from Yamal from Hammerfest, Norway to South LNG project in the Russian Arctic, cov-

Korea in 19 days instead of the 30 days ered by ice bound ? elds year round.

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