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tic project, which owes its success to fast response to fleet operations in the adjacent river basin: Northern In-
challenges of its external and internal logistics, is LNG land Shipping Company had arranged for hull repairs
plant in Sabetta. Perhaps it is precisely thanks to its pio- to be provided by the floating dock in Salekhard. By the
neering nature, involvement of transport and forward- end of the construction period, when Sabetta had re-
ing companies with extensive experience in the Gulf of ceived its seventh berth, cargoes started to be delivered
Ob, and high concentration of management efforts that almost entirely by sea, with intervals between deliver-
this project was able to meet its schedules almost flaw- ies finally becoming regular. Now that Sabetta operates
lessly. Delays were inevitable, but they were at all times on a year-round basis, the major portion of the freight
promptly addressed by the project managers: Sabet- is delivered by sea.
ta’s inland infrastructure (berths, motor roads, back- Together with the high performance shown by the
up zones) was being developed parallel to the project sea and river transport servicing Yamal LNG, our anal-
itself. With this in mind, Novatek’s second project in ysis of other projects in the Gulf of Ob in 2019–2021 has
this area – Arctic LNG 2 – has brought to the eastern revealed some gaps in the area’s maritime infrastruc-
shore of the Gulf of Ob the best of engineering and or- ture. The missing elements are:
ganizational solutions for improved external logistics • basic ship repair facilities;
and coastal infrastructure. • shared (multi-purpose and accessible) site for car-
Positive developments were taking place also within go aggregation and temporary storage before further
the segment of so-called external transport. As a result, unloading onto unequipped shore;
there appeared a permanent freight line from Arkhan- • shelter port (for river vessels sheltering and emer-
gelsk to the Gulf of Ob. River shipping companies have gency wintering);
gained experience in transshipping larger volumes of • shared emergency (backup) crewchange points.
cargo to unequipped shores. A solution has been found There are no plans to build a ship repair port with
for docking in the summer season as a way to optimize related services in the Gulf of Ob (the exception being