OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2012. Vyborg Shipyard will start construction of the next Icebreaker project 21900М. The solemn ceremony of keel-laying of diesel-powered Icebreaker rated power 16 MW took place on the 12th of December 2012.

We would like to remind that in the middle of October there took place the keel-laying ceremony of the prototype Icebreaker project 21900М at Vyborg Shipyard (a company included in the United Shipbuilding Corporation). The vessels are being constructed by the order of Federal agency of marine and river transport. According to schedule three Icebreakers shall be delivered to the Customer within the period from May till October 2015.

"Ceremony of keel-laying of the next Icebreaker at Vyborg Shipyard took place ahead of schedule. According to plan the Shipyard shall start construction of this vessel only in the beginning of February 2013", - as mentioned Alexander Solovyev, General Director of Vyborg Shipyard.

The diesel-powered Icebreaker project 21900M has ice-breaking capacity up to 1,5 m. 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. Displacement at max. draft – 14 317,5 t, length – 119,8 m, width – 27,5 m.