The ceremony of hoisting the RF national flag was held on icebreaker Vladivostok built by Vyborg Shipyard PJSC (Leningrad Region, United Shipbuilding Corporation) has been held today, September 23, in Saint-Petersburg, IAA PortNews journalist reports.
“The icebreaker will go on with its tests and will be officially delivered to the customer in October 2015, the Shipyard’s Director General Aleksandr Solovyov said.
According to Sergei Gorelik, Head of Rosmorrechflot, the icebreaker is to be deployed for operation at port Sabetta (Yamal) in 2016.
Victor Olersky, Deputy Transport Minister of Russia, said in his turn that the icebreaker can be also used in the Baltic Sea.
21900М icebreakers designed in Russia have been ordered by the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency with FSUE Rosmorport as construction customer.
The ship can break through 1.5 meter thick ice. Her major task is independent escorting of large capacity vessels, towing, extinguishing of fires at floating facilities and other structures, providing assistance to vessels in distress, transportation of cargo.
Vyborg Shipyard PJSC is one of the largest shipbuilding companies of the North-Western Region of Russia with 65-years’ experience in shipbuilding. Since the Shipyard was founded (1948) there have been built more than 200 different vessels with total displacement exceeding 1,550,000 t. In 2012, Vyborg Shipyard joined the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
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