The Russian Federation has started to build of a new icebreaker that will play significant role in the development of shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
The icebreaker, styled ‘Leningrad’, said a release.
It laid down of the fifth nuclear icebreaker of the series 22220 was held at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General noted, “A large number of high ‘ice-class’ cargo vessels will be required in near future. Arctic shipbuilding is becoming a strategically important sector in Russia. Rosatom is not only a customer but also a participant in this important work”.
