JSC Baltic Shipyard (St. Petersburg) and Maritime Ltd. (Kaliningrad) also had submitted applications for participation in the shipbuilding tender.
In September 2010, Rosmorport announced an open bidding for the state contract for construction of a 25MW diesel-powered icebreaker. According to Rosmorport, the shipbuilding contract may cost about 7.87bn rubles. Rosmorport plans to have a series of three diesel-powered icebreakers built by 2015.
FSUE Rosmorport is one of the largest infrastructure companies of Russia. The company’s staff is 4,600 employees working in 16 Russian regions. The Company operates in the Russian ports and manages the world's largest icebreakers fleet.