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12/08/2024

December 29, 2021

Results of the first year of the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.   
According to Sudostroenie.info, 32 events were held under Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021.
The Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council will last until 2023. The status was obtained at the 12th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Reykjavik.
During the meetings of the Arctic Council were discussed models of joint work to implement the instructions of the foreign ministers identified in the Reykjavik Declaration of the Arctic Council. Also, steps to achieve the priority goals of the Arctic Council Strategic Plan until 2023 have been specified. 
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The Diesel Company investment project is being prepared for export.
The head of the Diesel Company Andrey Shepelyaev told about low-density polyethylene (HDPE) boats under the Boat Yard brand.
«There are only 7 factories in the world where such boats are produced and the queue is scheduled for three years».
The Diesel Company will be the eighth.
«In addition, today HDPE is becoming a global trend, because the material is environmentally friendly, durable, it is gradually replacing boats made of aluminum and fiberglass»More information

January 11, 2022

The diesel-electric ship of the FESCO Transport Group Vasily Golovnin left the port of Cape Town (South Africa) on January 5, 2022 and set off on a new expedition to Antarctica with cargo for Indian research stations. 

This is the first voyage under a new five-year contract between FESCO and the National Center for Polar and Ocean Research working under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (NCPOR).
Prior to that, FESCO provided supplies to the stations for three years in a row under the previous contract.
Vasily Golovnin will deliver to the Indian stations Bharati and Maitri 1500 tons of cargo of various types, fuel, provisions and Indian polar explorers who will replace their colleagues working in Antarctica at the present time. More information


January 11, 2022

NOVATEK signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements.

NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., and Zhejiang Energy Gas Group Co., Ltd, signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”).
It stipulates the supply of up to one (1) million tons of LNG per annum from the Arctic LNG 2 project for a term of 15 years. The LNG will be delivered on a DES basis to Zhejiang Energy’s LNG terminals in China. More information

In addition, NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., and ENN LNG (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”). 
The SPA stipulates the supply of approximately 0.6 million tons of LNG per annum from the Arctic LNG 2 project for a term of 11 years. The LNG will be delivered on a DES basis to ENN’s Zhoushan LNG Receiving Terminal in China.
«We have reached another milestone in successful marketing of NOVATEK’s share of LNG to be produced by our Arctic LNG 2 project», noted Leonid Mikhelson, NOVATEK’s Chairman of the Management Board. «This is another LNG SPA for delivery to the Chinese market, which is in line with our LNG strategy to expand sales to the Asia-Pacific region with its growing demand for clean-burning natural gas»More information

 


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