The first summer shipment of LNG is heading eastbound through the Arctic waters of the Northern Sea Route.

Eikland Energy data service iGIS/LNG said the 172,600-cbm Nikolay Urvantsev (built 2009) left Yamal LNG's Sabetta terminal and is heading to meet the waiting nuclear-powered ice breaker Yamal (built 1992) in the Vilkitsky Strait.