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OB RIVER LNG TANKER
LNG tanker
Ob River is the first oil tanker to sail from Europe to
Japan across the Arctic during winter.
The vessel's traverse through the Arctic's Northern Sea
Route (NSR) was the first time a tanker carrying LNG
ever
attempted the passage.
On 7
November 2012, the LNG
tanker Ob River left Hammerfest, Norway. She sailed
north of Russia to Japan using an arctic route that
shortened 20 days from the regular
journey. The 6,000-mile route saved 40% of the distance.
During the passage, from the Vilkitski Strait to the
Bering Strait, the LNG carrier was headed through ice
with the thickness reaching 30 centimeters.
Built in
2007, the Ob River is an ice-classed LNG carrier
equipped with four membrane-type tanks capable of
carrying up to 150,000 cubic meters of gas. The Ob
River's voyage is, in part, to test whether or not
transportation from the Hammerfest plant, the
northernmost in the world, through the route and down to
Asia would be realistic. If the transit proves feasible
it may further encourage Russia's plans to construct a
LNG plant in the Arctic.
Tankers like Ob River typically have to travel down
through the Atlantic Ocean, through the Mediterranean
and the Suez Canal, then across the Indian Ocean and up
to Asia.
The NSR is usually impassible to tankers, save for four
months during the warmest parts of the year. Yet the Ob
River made the passage during the winter - an incredible
feast!
This primarily wood model of the Ob River LNG tanker
is 32" long
x 10" tall x 6" wide (1/350 scale)
$2,990
 Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other
places: $300 flat rate. This model is
in stock and will be
shipped within 5 business days. For different sizes,
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