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Over 100 European politicians protested against Fayard shipyard for servicing Russian LNG tankers
After the ' Rudolf Samojlovitj' has been serviced at the Fayard shipyard in Odense from June 30 until July 22, 2026, a large number of European politicians have written a letter of protest to the shipyard. The Danish shipyard is the only one in Europe that receives ships carrying Russian LNG. It has received repeated criticism, including from the Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen. Recently, over 100 European politicians have written a letter to the shipyard and protested. By servicing the ships, it was made possible for Russia to export and earn income. The shipyard responded in writing that they followed applicable rules, and that the ships delivered gas to France, Belgium and the Netherlands. To guarantee maritime safety in European waters, the ships needed to be serviced. From January 2027, the import of liquefied natural gas from Russia into the EU will be banned. The servicing of transport vessels will also be banned. The tanker, after departing from Vigeroe, arrived in Rotterdam on July 25.
LNG tanker, sanctioned by Ukraine, serviced at Fayard Shipyard
On the evening of June 29, 2026, the 'Rudolf Samoylov' arrived at the Fayard Shipyard near Odense and entered the yard on June 30. For years, the company, backed by one of Denmark's wealthiest families, has been criticised for maintaining the Russian icebreaking ships so crucial to Vladimir Putin, even after the invasion of Ukraine. They enable the Kremlin to export both non-sanctioned and sanctioned Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide year-round. The Fayard shipyard stated that it did not offer services for sanctioned ships, tracking the data of all vessels and verifying them before allowing them entry to the facility to ensure that the serviced ships complied with regulations While the 'Rudolf Samoylovich' was not on any of the EU, US, or UN embargo lists, Ukraine has sanctioned the ship since Dec 13, 2025, because it was operating in the Russian energy sector, whose profits represented one of the most important sources of revenue for the Russian state's budget. Since February 2022, each Arc7 LNG vessel has transported an average of 5.3 million tons of LNT: Up to six such ships could enter the shipyard for servicing this summer. They undergo thorough maintenance every three years. Many, including the 'Rudolf Samoylovich', were not registered in Russia, but in countries such as the Bahamas. The maintenance work was also considered problematic because, since 2025, some of the 16 ships have no longer been transporting only natural gas from the previously unsanctioned Yamal LNG terminal. Increasingly, gas was now coming from the opposite Arctic LNG 2 terminal, which has been sanctioned. This gas was apparently mostly transported by icebreaking LNG tankers to the floating terminal Saam near Murmansk and then transferred to non-icebreaking LNG tankers. In the past, two European shipyards maintained the Russian icebreaking LNG vessels. Besides Fayard, there was the Damen Shipyard in Brest, France. However, Damen withdrew from the business in 2024 due to political pressure. Fayard maintained this position, possibly for its own financial benefit. The Fayard shipyard's owner family, headed by Thomas Wilkens Andersen, who are known for their extreme discretion, ranked 59th among Denmark's richest people in 2025, with an estimated fortune of around €508 million. in 2025, the company serviced five icebreaking LNG tankers.
Ice-class LNG Carrier Rudolf Samoylovich Delivered
The second 170,000-cubic-meter ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier provided by Teekay to the Yamal LNG project was delivered to the charterer in Sabetta, Russia, in September. The new ship, Rudolf Samoylovich, was delivered on September 6, nearly three months earlier than anticipated, at the request of the charterer. The vessel joins the Eduard Toll as the second of six Arc-7 LNG carriers that Teekay will provide to the Yamal LNG project by 2020.The vessel transited the Northern Sea Route after its delivery from the yard in Korea at the end of August. The Novatek-operated Yamal terminal in northern Russia has been ramping up quickly after loading its first LNG cargo in December 2017, with two trains now running at capacity and a third being commissioned.
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