Construction of Russia's First LNG Bunker Barge Nears Completion by Ship & Bunker News Team Friday December 11, 2020 The construction of Gazprom Neft. 2,900 m3 LNG tanks, Gazprom Neft said in a statement on its website Thursday. The ship will be used for LNG bunkering at Baltic ports including St Petersburg, Primorsk. "Up to now, 70% of the main construction works have been completed: the assembly of the ship's hull has been completed, the power plant and fuel tanks have been installed," Alexey Medvedev, general director of Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, said in the statement. "The next stage will be the launch." In July Medvedev said the company's LNG bunker supply operation was expected to launch next year.