据路透社伦敦5月20日报道，周一，根据Refinitiv航运数据，一艘新的Arc7级破冰液化天然气（LNG）油轮“Nikolay Yevgenov”号，将于本周抵达俄罗斯北极诺瓦泰克的萨贝塔的亚马尔LNG工厂。
据Refinitiv Eikon航运数据显示，这艘油轮于4月底离开韩国大宇造船和海洋工程公司（DSME），目前正在爱尔兰西海岸，并将于5月26日抵达，比其运营商Teekay LNG公司设定的时间表提前了五个月。
Arc7级破冰液化天然气油轮像是为诺瓦泰克位于俄罗斯北部的亚马尔LNG工厂量身打造的，该工厂自2017年12月开始运营以来，Arc7级LNG油轮，通过船对船（转运到传统LNG油轮上）运输方式，在很大程度上运输了来自亚马尔LNG的液化天然气，在夏季，Arc7级破冰液化天然气油轮可以穿越北海航线向东进入亚洲。
另外三艘Arc7级油轮将按照原先15艘类似船舶订单交付给诺瓦泰克。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
New Arc7 class Arctic vessel heads for Yamal LNG facility
A new ice-breaking liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker of the Arc7 class, the Nikolay Yevgenov, is due to arrive this week in Sabetta, the Arctic Russian port of Novatek's Yamal plant, Refinitiv shipping data showed The tanker is off the west coast of Ireland at the moment,having left the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) Okpo shipyard in South Korea at the end of April, Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed.
It is due to arrive Yamal needs the ice-breaker tankers to ship LNG out of Arctic waters. Since the plant began operations in December 2017 the tankers have largely conducted ship-to-ship transfers of LNG to conventional carriers, but during summer months they can traverse the Northern Sea Route eastwards to Asia.
Three more Arc7 tankers are due to be delivered to Novatek under an original order of 15 such vessels.