OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 2012. Vyborg Shipyard JSC starts construction of the prototype diesel-powered sea-going icebreaker by the order of the Russian Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport.

On the 17th of October there will be held the official ceremony of keel-laying ceremony of the icebreaker, project 21900M. The vessel has ice-breaking capacity up to 1,5 m ice thickness. The vessel is intended for independent ice escorting of heavy-tonnage vessels; towage, fire fighting on floaters and other facilities; salvage and assistance to distressed vessels; transportation of cargos. The delivery terms for the vessels completed are May and October of 2015.

It is expected that the official keel-laying ceremony will be attended by representatives of Federal and Regional Authorities, among them officials of the Russian Federation Ministry of Transport, the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport, FSUE "Rosmorport" as well as representatives of Leningrad Region government and administration of the Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation President in the North-West Federal District.