Vyborg Shipyard to deliver icebreaker of project 21900М Vladivostok built for FSUE Rosmorport on September 23 (photo)
Vyborg Shipyard OJSC (Leningrad region) will deliver diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21900М Vladivostok built for FSUE Rosmorport on September 23, 2015, Aleksandr Solovyov, Director General of the shipyard, told IAA PortNews at the Seventh International Maritime Defence Show in Saint-Petersburg.
The ceremony will be held within the framework of NEVA-2015 exhibition (Saint-Petersburg, September 22 -25, 2015).
The icebreaker intended for operation in the Baltic Sea is classified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
Aleksandr Solovyov said the delivery of the second icebreaker of project 21900М, Murmansk, is to be held in Saint-Petersburg in October-November, 2015.
Project 21900М is a modification of project 21900. The vessel is able to break though 1.5-meter thick ice. Her major task is independent escorting of large capacity vessels, towing, extinguishing of fires at floating facilities and other structures, providing assistance to vessels in distress, transportation of cargo.
The lead vessel of the series, Vladivostok, was laid down on October 17, 2012.
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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