icebreakers

2022 June 29

11:49 Atomflot and Nornickel may extend long-term contract for icebreaking support of Arctic project for two years after 2027

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

2022 February 17

13:58 Construction of four icebreakers under consideration to ensure year-round navigation on 'Southern Horseshoe' section of Russia’s IWW

2022 February 10

16:09 Nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika escorts a convoy of ships to the port of Pevek

2022 January 25

14:41 Flag-raising ceremony held on Sibir, first serial nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220

2022 January 19

10:02 Norilsk Nickel to have icebreaker built by Helsinki Shipyard Oy

2022 January 13

15:34 Nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir left Saint-Petersburg for Murmansk

2021 December 29

15:19 Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreaker escorted vessels with cargoes for Antarctic station "Vostok"

2021 December 27

15:26 Zvezda announces competition for supply of steel for construction of shallow-draft icebreaker of Project 22740М

2021 December 24

17:26 Baltiysky Zavod shipyard delivers Sibir, first serial icebreaker of Project 22220, to Atomflot

2021 December 21

13:01 First serial icebreaker of Project 22220, Sibir, completed final phase of shipbuilder’s sea trials

2021 December 9

18:12 Atomflot considers it reasonable to establish a unified center for management of icebreakers operation in the Arctic
14:54 Intense operation of nuclear-powered icebreakers over complete cycle is cheaper compared to diesel and gas fueled ones

2021 December 8

14:55 Results of Atomflot’s summer-autumn navigation season rose from 66 to 111 icebreaker escort operations YoY
12:32 Rosatomflot completed operation to escort ships out of the Northern Sea Route area

2021 December 6

14:57 Arctia’s IB Otso sets off for the Bay of Bothnia as the season’s first icebreaker

2021 December 3

13:04 Kapitan Dranitsyn and Admiral Makarov icebreakers reinforced icebreaker group on NSR

2021 December 2

14:55 Two more LK-60 icebreakers needed for regular year-round navigation on Northern Sea Route

2021 November 30

15:19 Icebreaker Sibir of Project 22220 completed main part of shipbuilder’s sea trials

2021 November 23

14:50 Novorossiysk icebreaker helped to deliver social cargo to Chukotka

2021 November 19

12:55 Icebreaker Botnica returned to Estonia from the Canadian Arctic

2021 November 16

14:52 Baltiysky Zavod sends nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir for sea trials

2021 November 11

12:09 America’s only heavy icebreaker departs Seattle homeport Saturday

2021 October 27

12:52 Vyborg Shipyard contracted to build an 18 MW icebreaker for Rosmorport

2021 October 18

16:52 Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov to help deliver new components for the Vostok Station in the Antarctic

2021 October 7

13:57 Competition announced for construction of 18 MW icebreaker for RUB 10.5 billion

2021 September 24

16:12 Three Finnish icebreakers return to service after being repaired at Turku Repair Yard

2021 September 22

17:47 Localization level of LK-60 icebreakers estimated at 92% in finance terms

2021 September 20

10:12 4th International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet“ kicked off in Saint-Petersburg

2021 September 16

15:35 Organizers of International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet“ offer the event programme

2021 September 14

11:26 Krasin icebreaker joins the fleet of Rosmorport’s Murmansk Branch

2021 September 9

15:46 Seats for in-person participation in Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet Conference are limited

2021 September 7

11:47 Aleksey Klyavin to greet participants of 4th International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet“

2021 August 27

14:22 Expedition to North Pole organized by ROSATOM for talented schoolchildren and students completed
13:27 Nordic Engineering to share its solutions for icebreaking and rescue ships at dedicated conference of IAA PortNews

2021 August 25

16:40 Damen to present its latest tug designs at IAA PortNews’ conference on NEVA2021 zero day

2021 August 23

14:27 Review of icebreaking and support fleet of RS class to be presented at IAA PortNews’ conference on NEVA2021 zero day

2021 August 20

10:36 Rosmorport signs contract with Nefteflot on construction of second 18 MW icebreaker

2021 August 9

11:20 Kuzey Star Shipyard contracted to execute building of Rosmorport’s LNG-powered icebreaker duo

2021 July 28

16:03 Rosmorrechflot supports the International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet”

2021 July 23

15:39 ROSATOM and Nornickel sign supplementary agreement on icebreaker accompaniment
09:48 Russian Maritime Register of Shipping supports the 4th International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet”

2021 July 22

09:36 IAA PortNews opens registration for 4th International Conference “Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet”

2021 July 2

10:09 Nuclear-powered icebreakers of Rosatomflot assisted 553 ship calls in winter-spring navigation season

2021 June 8

16:10 Rosatomflot signs contract on construction of floating dock for icebreakers of Project 22220