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Korea builds world’s first ever icebreaking LNG carrier - to Russia



One of Korea’s biggest shipbuilders Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched a carrier that can break ice and haul massive amounts of liquefied gas. It has the public backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's state-owned Silk Road Fund.



300 meter long wessel











Public backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin

While multiple companies (or consortiums) are taking stakes in the purchasing, DSME will be the shipbuilder for all 15 of the vessels through a contract tender with Sovcomflot according to The Maritime Executive







President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Presidential Press and Information Office/http://eng.kremlin
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