Vyborg Shipyard OJSC has put into operation 35-meter wide self-submerge barge Atlant, IAA PortNews journalist cites Aleksandr Solovyov, the company’s Director General, as saying at the ceremony marking the beginning of hull building for the lead 17.4-MWt icebreaker of Project 21900М ordered by FSUE Rosmorport.
According to him, the barge enables the shipyard to build vessels of up to 32 meters in breadth and up to 150 meters in length (former station only allowed building 18-meter wide and 140-meter long vessels). According to Aleksandr Solovyov, the launch of the barge lets the Shipyard build a wide range of Arctic and other vessels including icebreakers, supply vessels and auxiliary vessels.
The new barge was built by the Shipyard within a 10-month period. Its cost price made RUB 600 mln.
Vyborg Shipyard OJSC is one of the largest shipbuilding companies of the North-Western Region of Russia with over 60-years’ experience in shipbuilding. Vyborg Shipyard is a member of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Today the Shipyard specializes in building drilling rigs for offshore deposits development, vessels of small and medium tonnage as well as ship repair.
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