The ceremony of launching the Michail Ulyanov Arctic-class tanker will be held at Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg on October 31. According to Gudok referring to ITAR-TASS, the 70,000-dwt, 263-meter long and 34-meter wide vessel was ordered by Sovcomflot company. According to Mikhail Aleksandrov, deputy Director General of Admiralty Shipyards, "special equipment is currently being installed for launching".
Apart from the Michail Ulyanov tanker the shipyard will build another vessel to bear the name of another outstanding actor - Kirill Lavrov. It will be laid down soon after the Ulyanov is launched. The vessels are designed for oil transportation from Prirazlomnoye field in Pechora Sea to the terminals of the Murmansk region.