Vyborg Shipyard to lay down ARC 124 icebreaker for Atomflot in September 2016
Vyborg Shipyard PJSC (Leningrad Region, United Shipbuilding Corporation) is going to lay down ARC 124 icebreaker for FSUE Atomflot in September 2016, Vyborg Shipyard Director General Aleksandr Solovyov told IAA PortNews journalist at NEVA 2015, the International Maritime Exhibition and Conferences of Russia.
A contract for construction of a port icebreaker under Yamal LNG project was signed between Vyborg Shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) and FSUE Atomflot on April 30, 2105.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.
Vyborg Shipyard JSC (VSY) is a corporate member of United Shipbuilding Corporation having a vast experience in construction of icebreaking and ice-going vessels, offshore support vessels of various purposes, semisubmersible drilling platforms, topside modules for fixed offshore platforms and big-size grand blocks for onshore facilities. From the date of its foundation in 1948 the Shipyard has built more than 200 different vessels with total displacement over 1,550,000 t. VSY head office is located in Vyborg, Russia.
Federal State Unitary Enterprise «Atomflot» is established to provide technological service and maintenance of nuclear-powered icebreakers and special fleet. FSUE Atomflot provides the following services: ice pilotage of vessels on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and to the freezing ports of Russia; support of expeditionary, scientific and research works; emergency and rescue ice operations on the Northern Sea Route and freezing seas.
Yamal LNG project envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per annum based on the feedstock resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field. The launch of LNG production is scheduled for 2017. Yamal LNG is currently owned by NOVATEK (60%), TOTAL (20%) and CNPC (20%).
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