Sea-trials of icebreaker Vladivostok, lead ship of Project 21900 M built at Vyborg Shipyard (a corporate member of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) were completed on October 5, 2015, the shipyard’s press center says.
Sea trials program included testing of the vessel speed and maneuvering characteristics, performance and compatibility of ship systems and equipment, operation capacity of the propulsion plant as well as electrical, radio and navigation equipment. Specialists of Vyborg Shipyard checked and confirmed compliance of all technical characteristics of Icebreaker to technical design.
In the near future there will be signed Delivery and Acceptance Protocol of Icebreaker "Vladivostok" following which the Vessel will be delivered to the Customer.
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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