据路透社伦敦报道，周一，根据Refinitiv Eikon航运数据，俄罗斯北极北部的液化天然气（LNG）生产厂亚马尔LNG工厂订购的15艘Arc7级油轮中的最后一批正在韩国造船厂附近进行海上试验。

数据显示，“Georgiy Ushakov”号和“Yakov Gakkel”号油轮都在韩国大宇造船和海洋工程公司（DSME）奥克波造船厂的水域，这表明他们正在进行海上试验。

与此同时，“Vladimir Voronin”号油轮已经完成了海上试航，并离开了日本海，驶向亚马尔LNG工厂，该油轮通过北海路线穿过白令海峡，向西转向俄罗斯东北部。

这些油轮是LNG公司为亚马尔订购的15艘油轮组成的船队的一部分，该船队于2017年12月开始运营，并在过去18个月中促成了LNG供应的激增。

亚马尔依靠破冰船将LNG运出北极海域。

在欧洲，这些油轮主要通过船对船运输方式，将货物转运到传统LNG油轮上，然后进行交付，但是在夏季，Arc7级破冰LNG油轮可以穿越北海航线向东进入亚洲，这个月已经进行了两次这样的航行。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

原文如下：

Last of Yamal LNG Arctic vessel order undergoing sea trials

The last of 15 Arc7-classed tankers ordered for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant Yamal LNG in Russia's Arctic north are undergoing sea trials around a South Korean shipyard, Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed on Monday.

The Georgiy Ushakov and Yakov Gakkel LNG tankers are both in water at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) Okpo shipyard in South Korea and indicating they are performing sea trials, the data showed.

The Vladimir Voronin, meanwhile, finished its sea trials and has left the Sea of Japan, setting Yamal LNG as its destination. It is appears to be taking the Northern Sea Route through the Bering Straits, turning west at the north-eastern tip of Russia.

The tankers are part of a 15-strong fleet ordered by LNG companies for Yamal, which began operations in December 2017 and has contributed to a boom in LNG supplies in the past 18 months.

Yamal is dependent on the ice-breaker tankers to ship LNG out of the Arctic waters.

The tankers have largely conducted ship-to-ship transfers in Europe to conventional carriers for onwards delivery, but during summer months they can traverse the Northern Sea Route to Asia. Two such trips have been made this month.