The Sevmorput, nuclear-powered LASH carrier / container carrier, left the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on 29 August 2019 upon completion of loading works at the Seroglazka terminal (Norebo holding, Kamchatka Territory). According to press center of FSUE Atomflot, the ship will deliver containers with frozen fish to one of Saint-Petersburg terminals.
“It is crucial for Rosatomflot to expand the geography of operations, - said Mustafa Kashka, General Director of Atomflot. – This voyage has been arranged by Rosatom Corporation together with Rosrybolovstvo (Russian Federal Fisheries Agency) and Norebo Group. I am sure it will encourage ship owners to use the Northern Sea Route and the opportunities for transportation of both fish and general cargo from the European part of Russia eastwards and from back”.
The ship is loaded with 204 reefer containers with frozen fish and 66 containers with other cargo. The voyage is expected to take up to 18 says.
The nuclear-powered icebreaking combo LASH carrier / container ship Sevmorput (named after the Northern Sea Route) was built at Kerch, USSR based Zaliv Shipyard. The Sevmorput was laid down on November 2, 1984, launched on February 20, 1986 and put into operation on December 31, 1988.
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