SCF Group (Sovcomflot) president and chief executive Sergey Frank knows exactly where he will be next January.

Frank is planning to join the pilot voyage and ice trials for what will be the world’s first icebreaking LNG carrier newbuilding, which was launched at DSME this week.

Speaking to TradeWinds over two days as the company hosted a pre-launching event for the pioneering vessel, the Sovcomflot boss expressed how emotionally touched he was at seeing this newbuilding start to take shape.

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