Overview
- Aleksey Kosygin is the lead ship in a three-vessel series that Zvezda is building for Novatek and Sovcomflot under the Arctic LNG-2 program.
- The tanker underwent sea and gas trials in November 2025, marking the first gas trials conducted in the Russian Far East.
- Classed ARC7, the carrier is designed to operate independently in ice thicker than two meters.
- The ship holds over 172,000 cubic meters of LNG and features a 300-meter length, 48.8-meter beam, roughly 81,000-ton deadweight, a 60 MW power plant, and three propulsor units produced by Zvezda’s Sapfir plant.
- Sovcomflot executives say the series is intended to enable year-round shipping on the Northern Sea Route while advancing domestic shipbuilding capacity developed at Zvezda under a Rosneft-led project.