UK Extends Russian Sanctions to Newest ARC7 LNG Tankers
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced a further round of sanctions on Russia, among them Russia’s new fleet of ARC7 LNG carriers being delivered from the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. The listing includes three of Russia’s newest large ice-class LNG carriers — Aleksey Kosygin, Konstantin Posiet and Pyotr Stolypin — plus three older LNG carriers, a product tanker and a crew offshore support vessel registered in Sri Lanka. The package also extends sanctions to Novatek Gas and Power Asia, a Singapore-based chartering arm, while extending existing waivers for LNG imports by Korea and Japan.
Why it matters: The listing widens the sanctions theme from individual vessels to the LNG supply chain, adding a chartering intermediary while waivers keep allied energy imports outside the measures.