Russia’s first ice-breaking LNG carrier has left port in search of Arctic sea ice to trial its new features prior to final delivery.

SCF Group (Sovcomflot)’s 173,400-cbm Arc7 newbuilding Christophe de Margerie left the Russian port of Murmansk on Sunday and is scheduled to meet with the world’s most powerful ice-breaker, 50 let Pobedy (built 2007), at the end of this week.

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