Two newly delivered ships are undertaking a pioneering voyage through the Northern Sea Route without icebreakers, before they begin work exporting cargoes from Russia’s Yamal LNG project.

The two newbuildings are Dynacom’s MR2, 51,400-dwt shuttle tanker Boris Sokolov and Dynagas’ 172,000-cbm LNG carrier Boris Davydov.

Both are due to arrive on 20 January at Sabetta, the new LNG terminal on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, according to the Northern Sea Route Administration (NSRA).