The keel of the icebreaker ordered from Pella Sietas in Hamburg for the Russian owner Ros-morport has been laid in October 2020. The ship is being built in 17 block sections. Due to EU action policies against Russia due to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, getting the order to Lower Elbe was no easy feat. But because the ship is a purely civilian project, it was possible after all. The shipbuilders in St. Petersburg are responsible for the design, and the ship is being built and equipped in Hamburg. Now it is the first icebreaker for polar regions to be built at the shipyard, the first ship for a Russian customer and the first project to be implemented in cooperation with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The diesel-electric powered icebreaker is capable of sailing through ice 2.5 m thick. With an ice class of »Icebreaker7,« the newbuilding will be the most powerful unit in Rosmorport's fleet of non-nuclear-powered icebreakers. The shipping company already has three 21900M class units in service with the vessels »Murmansk,« »Vladivostok« and »Novorossiysk.« The 18 MW newbuilding will not only be the fourth, but also the technically most modern and powerful ship of the class.
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