Atomflot says construction of icebreakers of Project 22220 will be completed by 2020
The construction of the series of Project 22220 icebreakers will be completed by 2020, Vyacheslav Ruksha, Director General of FSUE Atomflot, told IAA PortNews.
“Mooring trials of the Arktika, the lead ship launched at Baltiysky Zavod today, will be completed in December 2017. Nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir will complete the trials in December 2019, the Ural – in December 2020,” said Vyacheslav Ruksha.
He said 10 crewmembers of the Arktika have been defined with Aleksandr Spirin to be the icebreaker’s Captain.
Today, Baltiysky Zavod shipyard (Saint-Petersburg) has launched the Arktika, lead nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220 built to the order of Rosatom Corporation.
The first serial icebreaker of Project 22220, the Sibir, was launched in May 2015. The date of keel-laying ceremony for the Ural is under discussion.
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