“Christophe de Margerie” Russian LNG tanker is the first commercial ship, which has completed its voyage through the Northern Sea Route without ice-routing services. The trip from Cape Zhelaniya in Novaya Zemlya archipelago to Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka lasted only six and half days.
Rambler News Service reports that gross revenues of Sovkomflot shipping company decreased by 6.4% down to $1.388 bln. Net profit (revenues in time-charter equivalent) went down by 7.9% to $1.14 bln. EBITDA fell by 9.4% to $706.5.