The newbuilding program includes construction of two (plus two in option) vessels for environmental services (boom-laying ship, oil skimmer) with a unique design, first implemented in Russia, two (plus two in option) azimuthal ice-class tug boats with rated power 2,575 kW each, two azimuthal ice-class tugs with rated power 4000 kW each, and two (plus one in the option), ice-class tankers with a deadweight of 3,100 tons.
To implement this ambitious shipbuilding program in 2010-2013 the orders will be placed at Russian Far East shipbuilding companies: Khabarovsk Shipyard, Amur Shipyard, Far East Plant Zvezda and the design bureaus Vympel and Ricochet. The ships specifications are fully consistent with the recognized world standards.
Read the full interview with Andrei Aprelenko in Relevant Topic, Dec. 7, 2010