The gas tanker Christophe de Margerie performed its first commercial flight from Norway to South Korea. It was decided to abandon the traditional southern route through the Suez Canal. Thus, the tanker became the first merchant ship in the world to cross the section from Cape Zhelaniya on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago to Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, in just six and a half days. Moreover, the gas carrier passed this segment, also known as the Northern Sea Route, without icebreaking.