Russia Quietly Adds Four LNG Carriers to Its Arctic Dark Fleet

Russia appears to have recently added four LNG carriers to its growing dark fleet of tankers exporting cargoes from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, a Bloomberg analysis of shipping data showed on Monday.

Four LNG carriers, Kosmos, Merkuriy, Orion, and Luch have recently changed their ownership and management to little known companies. They were previously servicing Oman’s LNG exports and were managed or owned by Oman Ship Management Co, according to Bloomberg’s findings.