An Arc7 LNG carrier owned by Sovcomflot has undertaken a test mooring operation for a planned new ship-to-ship (STS) transfer site in northwestern Russia.

State nuclear authority Rosatom said the test operation off Kildin Island to the north of Murmansk, involving the 172,600-cbm Christophe de Margerie (built 2017), was to check the readiness of the anchorage for the acceptance and mooring of LNG carriers in the area.