At least 3 icebreakers are required for icebreaking services at the Kara Sea route, IAA PortNews journalist cites Andrey Shishkin, Vice-President of Rosneft, as saying at the Adam Smith Conference “Russian Arctic Oil and Gas” in Moscow.
According to him, gas carriers are wider than tankers, therefore two icebreakers are to escort vessels with one icebreaker staying in reserve.
In November 2013, Baltiysky Zavod laid down the lead 60-MWt multipurpose double-draught nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220. The vessel will be the world’s largest and most powerful icebreaker.
The icebreaker will have the length of 173.3 m, width - 34 m, designed draught – 10.5 m, minimum working draught – 8.55 m, displacement - 33,540 t. The nuclear power installation will use two RITM-200 reactors for a capacity of 175 MW.
Besides, there is a plan to build two more icebreakers of this type.
The technical design was developed by Iceberg Design Bureau in 2009. Double-draught structure of the ship will enable her to operate in both Arctic waters and in estuaries of polar rivers. The icebreaker will be deployed for operation in the western region of the Arctic: Barents, Pechora and Kara seas, as well as in shallow sections of Yenisey estuary and in the district of Ob Bay.
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