Six Arc7 LNG carriers were recorded making their way through the Arctic waters of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) at one point this month.

A shipping data analyst was prompted to ask if this was a record.

Russian sources following NSR LNG exports responded that the waters to the far north of Russia had been “like Piccadilly Circus” — a reference to the people and road traffic that, in normal times, swirl around the famous London landmark.