Port of Sabetta is open for services

New Port of Sabetta based in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YNAO), Russia by the order of the Ministry of Transport (09.25.2014, № 272) is opened to provide port services, the Russian ports manager Rosmorport said in a press release.

The Arkhangelsk branch of "Rosmorport" in the Port of Sabetta will offer assistance of captains' advisers and in the summer shipping season will provide Fast Crew Supply boats and towing services.

The new seaport in the vicinity of the Sabetta is being constructed within the frameworks of the Yamal LNG project, which involves the development of Yamal Peninsula's Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye field, which has estimated gas reserves of 1.3 trillion m³, and the construction of a gas liquefaction plant with an annual capacity to produce 16.5 million tonnes of LNG and up to one million tonnes of condensate. The Yamal LNG project is owned by a joint venture comprised of Novatek (80%) and Total (20%).