Tanker carrying sanctioned Russian LNG berths in China

HONG KONG, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Another tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project has docked in a Chinese port, according to ship-tracking data, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.

LSEG ship-tracking data indicated the Russian Voskhod LNG tanker was "anchored" at an LNG terminal in Tieshan port in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi.

The cargo is the second from the sanctioned project to dock in China after sanctioned tanker Arctic Mulan arrived at China’s Beihai LNG terminal in late August. Arctic Mulan's shipment was the first time a cargo from Arctic LNG had reached an end-user since it started up last year.

The Arctic project in northern Siberia began production in December 2023, but is behind schedule in supplying cargoes of the gas because of shortages of ice-class gas carriers and Western sanctions over Russia's conflict with Ukraine.

The cargo arrives days after Putin's trip to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit as well as a military parade to celebrate the end of World War Two.