
icebreakers
2023 February 3
14:25 | Atomflot and Baltiysky Zavod sign contract for construction of fifth and sixth nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220 |
2023 February 1
17:16 | I/B Arktika escorted LNG tanker Eduard Toll along the Northern Sea Route |
2023 January 17
17:54 | IB Sibir, first serial icebreaker of Project 22220, has escorted 144 vessels by today |
2023 January 10
10:30 | Convoys of ships to be assisted by icebreakers in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland will be formed at Buoy No4 of the Large Fairway |
2022 December 29
17:16 | Nordic Engineering prepared concept design for Project 1105 icebreakers modernization |
2022 December 28
09:59 | RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet assists in state trials of IB Yevpaty Kolovrat |
2022 December 27
11:16 | Chile launches the first icebreaker built in South America - The Maritime Executive |
2022 December 21
10:19 | The Ermak icebreaker slated for decommissioning |
2022 December 8
2022 December 6
14:26 | Over a hundred of icebreaker assistance operations held in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland this winter navigation season |
2022 December 5
14:59 | Nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural of Project 22220 commenced operation in the Kara Sea |
2022 December 2
17:00 | Nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural of Project 22220 leaves Murmansk for the first operational voyage |
09:44 | Winter-spring navigation season begins on the Northern Sea Route |
2022 November 23
2022 November 22
15:34 | Baltiysky Zavod launches third serial nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220, Yakutia, built for Rosatom |
2022 November 21
11:58 | Some nuclear-powered icebreakers to reach the end of their service lives by 2026-2027 – Dmitry Medvedev |
2022 November 16
13:28 | Vyborg Shipyard lays down 18MW icebreaker for FSUE Rosmorport |
2022 November 15
13:37 | Launching of the Yakutia, third serial nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220, postponed to November 22 |
2022 November 1
12:51 | Nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural of Project 22220 completed its sea trials |
2022 October 31
17:38 | Gazprom Neft’s turbine oils to be used on nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220 |
2022 October 27
09:55 | Rosmorport reports on readiness of its fleet for icebreaker support season of 2022‒2023 in Russia’s freezing ports |
2022 October 24
10:02 | Main Directorate of NSR warns about lack of icebreakers |
2022 October 21
15:25 | Construction of diesel icebreakers for the Arctic can take about three years - Main Directorate of NSR |
2022 October 18
12:15 | Canadian Coast Guard Ship Vincent Massey joins the icebreaker fleet |
2022 October 14
12:28 | Baltiysky Zavod commences sea trials of nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural of Project 22220 |
2022 October 4
10:45 | Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives a negative decision for the export license to the icebreaker ordered by Norilsk Nickel |
2022 September 23
12:12 | Rosmorport announced tender for development of modernization project for Kapitan Dranitsin and Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreakers |
2022 September 14
10:31 | Six icebreakers intended for Nornickel, Rosneft and NOVATEK to be powered by diesel fuel instead of LNG - Rosatom |
2022 September 13
09:43 | Atomflot announces tender for feasibility study of refueling complex intended for nuclear icebreakers of 22220 and 10510 designs |
2022 September 6
09:58 | Rosatom finds it necessary to build 75-80 ice-class ships for NSR operation |
2022 September 1
15:50 | At least 13 icebreakers to operate on the Northern Sea Route by 2030 |
2022 August 31
17:48 | Vyborg Shipyard held steel-cutting ceremony for 18 MW Icebreaker 7 class vessel |
14:38 | Rosmorport hands over its order for two icebreakers of Project 22740 from Zvezda to Onezhsky Shipyard |
2022 August 26
17:49 | Onezhsky Shipyard modernization project to be expanded |
15:03 | The Canadian Coast Guard dedicates its latest icebreaker into service |
2022 August 22
18:21 | Atomflot notifies of public hearing regarding environmental expertise of project on floating dock for icebreakers in Murmansk |
2022 August 16
18:11 | Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker officially received the status of a passenger ship |
2022 July 27
16:53 | Electric propulsion motors installed on Yakutia, third serial nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220 |
2022 June 30
18:07 | The icebreaking season 2021–2022 was exceptionally long - Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency |
2022 June 29
2022 June 19
11:42 | Swedish maritime authority plans to order new icebreakers |
2022 June 8
16:17 | Baltiysky Zavod files lawsuit against Wartsila for EUR 5.1 million |
15:25 | Baltiysky Zavod takes delivery of RITM-200 unit’s first reactor intended for icebreaker Yakutia |
2022 June 7
10:46 | Arctia’s icebreaking season 2021–2022 ended on 30 May, as icebreaker Otso returned to icebreaker base in Helsinki |
2022 May 30
18:00 | Zvezda shipyard to purchase metal sheets worth RUB 1 billion for Leader icebreaker |
2022 May 24
09:39 | Icebreakers of FSUE Atomflot assisted 341 ship calls in winter navigation season of 2021-22 |
2022 May 17
16:22 | Atomenergomash manufactured first RITM-200 reactor for icebreaker Yakutia |
2022 May 16
09:51 | Rosmorport completed period of icebreaker assistance of ice navigation season 2021-2022 |
2022 May 12
11:23 | Diesel-electric icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin completes ice trials |
2022 May 6
09:25 | Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker goes on ice trials |
2022 May 5
12:05 | Krylov State Research Center developed alternative motor drive for Leader icebreaker |
2022 April 28
17:47 | Four new icebreakers needed to ensure year-round IWW navigation on Caspian-Azov route |
15:45 | New owner of Pella Sietas Werft to convert shipyard for construction of sport boats |
2022 April 26
18:00 | First RITM-200 reactor for Yakutia, serial icebreaker of Project 22220, went through hydrotest |
2022 April 14
14:57 | NSR cargo traffic to exceed 200 million tonnes by 2030 – Yury Trutnev |
2022 February 22
10:01 | Nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika completed escorting convoy of ships along NSR |
2023 February 7
Domestic companies cope with marine engineering tasks
In late 2022, Russian companies performed a high-precision deep-water operation on replacement of buoyancy tanks at the Single Point Moorings of CPC terminal in Novorossiysk. Previously, foreign companies were contracted for such works. General contractor of the project was Alliance LLC. Aleksey Milovantsev, General Director of the company tells IAA PortNews about the specifics of that sophisticated operation and shares the company’s plans on expansion of its activities and on entering the market of dredging. Domestic companies cope with marine engineering tasks