Vyborg Shipyard lays keel of 16MW icebreaker
Vyborg Shipyard (VSZ) today, October 17 2012 held a keel-laying ceremony for the first in a package of three icebreakers of capacity of 16 MW, the PortNews correspondent reports from the ceremony.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and Vyborg Shipyard (VSZ) on February 23, 2012 signed contracts for 16MW diesel-powered icebreakers of Project 21900M. The total contract value is about 8 billion rubles.
The 21900M project icebreaker, a double-decked vessel of unlimited navigation area, has a helipad and is equipped with twin controllable-pitch screws, twin rudders and bow thruster.
Ship’s general characteristics: displacement - about 10,000 tons, length overall - 116 m, breadth - 26.5 m. The icebreaker will be able to cut channels through ice of up to 1.5 meters in thickness. The ships will be utilized for escort of large-tonnage cargo vessels, towing, fire fighting on floating structures and other facilities, for salvage of stricken ships and transportation of cargo. The two newbuilds are scheduled for delivery in May and October 2015. The 21900M project vessels will be operating in the Baltic.
Vyborg Shipyard (OJSC Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant, VSZ) is a largest shipbuilding firm in Russia’s North-West region specializing in building drilling rigs for offshore deposits development and vessels of small and medium tonnage.