FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrey Tarasenko accompanied Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maksim Sokolov in his working trip to the settlement of Sabetta, Yamal-Nenetsk Autonomous Area, on March 30, 2017.

On this day a ceremony of the first call by the Christophe de Margerie Arctic liquefied natural gas tanker was held in the seaport. The FSUE “Rosmorport” icebreakers, Moskva and Tor, have prepared the ice channel for the passage of the LNG tanker to Technological Terminal No 2 and provided aid to mooring in the conditions as nearly as possible to the seasonal factors.

On the occasion of the first call of the tanker of such particulars (the vessel's length is 229 meters, the width is 50 meters and draft is 11 meters) a video conference chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken place. During the conference, Maksim Sokolov spoke about the results of the development of the Sabetta seaport.

The port is being constructed on the principles of state private partnership. As of today the port is the largest infrastructural project in the Arctic Region. Its implementation will make it possible to create the necessary infrastructure in order to develop the South Tambey gas condensate field and facilitate the social and economic development of the northern territories by increasing production of liquefied natural gas by 2.5 times – up to 30 million tons per year.

FSUE “Rosmorport” will take part in conducting dredging operations to build the sea channel and the port's water area. In addition, the enterprise will build ice barriers and the coastal port infrastructure. In order to ensure navigation safety the enterprise is planning to build a vessel traffic movement system and aids to navigation.