It took the vessel 7.8 days to complete the high-latitude voyage from Cape Dezhnev at Chukotka to Cape Zhelaniya of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, covering a distance of 2,194 nautical miles.
The voyage served as a perfect opportunity to test the ship’s engines and controls of the fuel systems using LNG, as well as the operation of navigation equipment and machinery in ice conditions and sub-zero temperatures.
The tanker traveled almost the entire NSR without any icebreaker escort, having covered some 950 nautical miles in ice conditions. The ship was escorted by Atomflot’s nuclear-powered icebreaker Taimyr when traversing the most navigationally and hydrographically challenging area of the Ayon ice massif in the East Siberian Sea.
