Up to 9 million tons of Russian LNG will be reloaded in Norwegian waters during 2019

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has released new details about planned ship-to-ship transfers of Yamal LNG in Norwegian coastal waters.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) has released new information about the location, duration, and scope of Tschudi’s ship-to-ship transfer operation of liquefied natural gas in cooperation with Novatek’s Arctic Yamal project. According to regulatory documents the transshipments will be conducted in the Sarnesfjord and Outer Kåfjord area in the Nordkapp municipality, to the southwest of Honningsvåg. Operations are expected to begin before the end of the month and the company expects to reload up to 140 shipments between November 2018 and June 2019, or on average one every 36 hours.