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Nuclear Icebreaker Arktika Docked at Kronstadt Marine Plant
The lead universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” of project 22220 docked at the Kronstadt Marine Plant (part of the USC) to carry out scheduled work to replace one of the engines. On August 11, the ship made the transition from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt. Early in the morning on August 12, the operation to dock the ship in the name of…
Read MoreNuclear icebreaker Arktika Moving to the Kronstadt Marine Plant
August 11, 2021 – The nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika left the berth of the Baltic Shipyard and proceeded to move to the Kronstadt Marine Plant (part of the USC). There the ship will dock, where scheduled work will be carried out to replace one of the engines. The universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” is the lead ship of Project 22220, built at…
Read MoreYantar to Build Icebreaking Rescue Ship
June xx, 2021 (Google Translation) – The Baltic Shipyard Yantar (part of the USC) won the tender for the construction of an MPSV06M 7 MW icebreaker for the Marine Rescue Service of the Federal Agency for River and Sea Transport. PSZ “Yantar” won an open tender for the construction of a multifunctional ice-class rescue vessel of the MPSV06M project with…
Read MoreUSCGC Polar Star Home from Arctic Waters
February 20, 2021 – Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) returned to its homeport in Seattle Saturday following a months-long Arctic deployment to defend the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the region, develop future Arctic sailors, and gather high-latitude scientific data. The 45-year-old heavy icebreaker’s crew spent a majority of the patrol operating in the Bering and Chukchi…
Read MoreProject 22220 Arktika Delivered
October 21, 2020 – On October 21, Murmansk hosted the signing ceremony of the acceptance certificate for the lead universal nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, project 22220, built at the Baltic Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, General Director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” Alexei…
Read MoreNuclear icebreaker Siberia relocated
October 16, 2020 – On October 16, the specialists of Baltiyskiy Zavod JSC (part of USC) carried out an operation to re-moor the first serial nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir, Project 22220, to the seventh berth of the plant’s outfitting quay. The relocation of “Siberia” was carried out to continue the mooring tests of the nuclear-powered ship and to prepare an order…
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