Sberbank provides Baltiysky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye with bank guarantee for construction of nuclear icebreakers

Sberbank Rossii OJSC represented by the North West Territorial Bank has provided Baltiysky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye LLC with RUB 25.3 bln bank guarantee for construction of two serial icebreakers of project 22220 under the contract signed by the shipyard with State Corporation Rosatom, the Bank’s press center says.

The icebreakers are suitable for operations both in the Arctic waters, and in the mouths of the northern rivers. The icebreakers are to escort vessels transporting hydrocarbons from the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, Kara Sea to the states of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The serial icebreakers are to be delivered in December 2019 and in December 2020. 

Baltiysky Zavod OJSC (Saint-Petersburg) specializes in construction of rank 1 surface-crafts, ice class vessels with nuclear and diesel-electric propulsion plants, nuclear floating energy units, floating distilling plants. The shipyard was set up in 1856. Baltiysky Zavod-Sudostroyeniye LLC is a 100% subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation OJSC.

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