Timeline for construction of gas carriers ordered by Sovcomflot for the Arctic LNG-2 project has been pushed back by a year, deliveries will start in 2024, said Igor Tonkovidov, the company's general director. In September 2022, Leonid Mikhelson, head of Novatek, said that the first tanker is expected in late 2023, when the first line of the plant will be launched, and 6-7 more tankers by the end of 2024.