Another US-Sanctioned Russian LNG Shipment Lands in China

The Utrenneye field, the resource base for Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project, located in the Gydan Peninsula on the Kara Sea shore line in the Arctic circle.

Photographer: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

A second tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned Russian export plant arrived in China on Saturday, as Beijing continues to expand its relationship with Moscow in defiance of Washington.

The Voskhod tanker, which is carrying a cargo from the Arctic LNG 2 plant, landed at the Beihai import terminal in China’s south, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.