Novatek may for the first time send ultra-late LNG shipments from Yamal eastward under icebreaker escort directly to the Asian market in January-April 2024, said Sergei Zybko, head of the Glavsevmorput Federal State Budgetary Institution. Company has not risked to make early conductions since the winter of 2021, when one of the tankers suffered during an attempt to pass east without icebreaker escort. Now the lack of fleet - both icebreakers and ice tankers - may become an obstacle.
Novatek may for the first time send ultra-late LNG shipments from Yamal eastward under icebreaker escort directly to the Asian market in January-April 2024, said Sergei Zybko, head of the Glavsevmorput Federal State Budgetary Institution. Company has not risked to make early conductions since the winter of 2021, when one of the tankers suffered during an attempt to pass east without icebreaker escort. Now the lack of fleet - both icebreakers and ice tankers - may become an obstacle. 
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