A South Korean-built hull of an ice-breaking LNG carrier has arrived under tow from Samsung Heavy Industries at Russia's Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, where it will be the first in a series of Arc7 vessels completed at the yard.

The 172,000-cbm vessel, which is being built for Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project, was towed in during October in preparation for the start of works to complete the vessel.