A non-ice-breaking LNG carrier is transiting Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) towards the Yamal LNG plant in advance of a planned first export from the project's second liquefaction train next week.

Ship tracking data shows Dynagas’ 162,000-cbm Clean Planet (built 2014), which left Japan in early July, is travelling west through the NSR one day behind MOL and China Shipping LNG's Arc7 LNG carrier newbuilding Vladimir Rusanov.