Sevmash is able to build icebreakers, ex-CEO says
Sevmash Shipyard is capable of executing the contracts for any types of icebreakers, the company’s former general director Nikolai Kalistratov told PortNews. He noted that currently the shipyard has been busy with other newbuilding orders.
Earlier, Rosmorport and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) signed an agreement for the construction of two 17MW and one 25MW diesel-electric icebreakers. USC has had a tentative agreement with Vyborg Shipyard for one 17MW icebreaker. However, there has been no information on other contracts.
Severodvinsk-based Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (PA Sevmash) was established in 1936. Currently, Sevmash is the only nuclear submarine producer in Russia. Since 1939, the enterprise has built 45 warships, 163 submarines (128 of them nuclear-powered). Besides, the company has built more than 100 civilian vessels of various types and purposes (tugs, mini-bulkers, pontoons, barges, fish farms) for international customers. Sevmash Shipyard is focused on the construction of vessels for the Arctic offshore oil and gas projects. The shipbuilding firm is now a member of United Shipbuilding Corporation.