Icebreaker Krasin to leave Saint-Petersburg for repair in Kronshtadt on September 20 (photo)

On September 20, 2014, icebreaker Krasin will leave the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment in Saint-Petersburg for Kronshtadt, where she will undergo routine maintenance at Kronshtadt Shipyard, IAA PortNews was informed by Baltic Fleet, the icebreaker’s agency company.

Baltic Fleet LLC will also ensure tugging of the icebreaker involving its three tugboats: Baltijets, Akmal and Muson. Piloting assistance will be provided by SPb Pilot LLC. 

Cross LLC will be responsible for the repair works.

Upon completion of the repair (approximately in mid October 2014) the icebreaker will return to the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment. Tugging and agency services will be also rendered by Baltic Fleet LLC.

Dockside repair of the Krasin will be performed under technical supervision of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). This work is considered to be one of the prime activities preparing the icebreaker for her 100-year anniversary which will be celebrated in 2017. 

The repair implies the hull cleaning and multi-layer painting, rust removal from ballast tanks and certain activities related to the vessels engineering infrastructure. 

Icebreaker Svyatogor (Krasin) is the second Arctic icebreaker of Russia. The icebreaker was built in 1917 in Newcastle for the Imperial Russian Navy.