Baltic Shipyard secures state contract for 60MW icebreaker of 22 220 Project
JSC Baltiysky Zavod-Shipbuilding has been awarded state contract worth RUB 36.9 billion for the construction of the lead multipurpose icebreaker LK-60 with capacity of 60 MW of 22220 Project, the shipbuilding company said. The shipyard was the only contender for the order. On August 3 the tender was announced void and its only bidder was chosen to execute the contract.
FSUE Atomflot invited bids for the icebreaker contract on July 3, 2012. Under the turn-key contract terms, Baltic Shipyard is to complete the order by December 30, 2017 and dock the newbuild at the berth of FSUE Atomflot in Murmansk.
The keel-laying of the new icebreaker is scheduled for November 2013, launching ceremony for November 2015.
The scope of work included: development of technical documents, the construction (including the installation of nuclear power plant), outfitting, launching, on-dock testing, sea and icebreaking trials and the newbuild acceptance certificate signing by the state committee.
The icebreaker LK-60 of 22 220 project will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world, the report said. Ship’s main characteristics: length overall - 173.3 m, beam molded - 34 meters, draft at DWL - 10.5 m, minimum loaded draft - 8.55 m, displacement - 33.54 tons. The new generation double-reactor plant "RHYTHM 200" designed by Rosatom’s "OKBM" has reactors of thermal capacity of 170 MW each - more than that of the plants used in modern nuclear icebreakers (140-150 MW).
The vessel features advanced double-draft capability, which makes it suitable for operations both in the Arctic waters, and in the mouths of the northern rivers. The icebreaker will be operating in the western region of the Arctic, the Barents, Pechora and Kara Seas and in shallow waters of the mouth of the Yenisei and the Ob Bay.
LLC Baltiysky Zavod-Shipbuilding (former OJSC Baltiysky Zavod, BZS) is part of United Shipbuilding Corporation. The company was founded in late 2011 under the new brand name after the former company Baltic Plant went bankrupt due to poor management of the former owner. The shipbuilding company specializes in the construction of warships, large-tonnage civil vessels for transportation of different cargoes, nuclear-powered or diesel icebreakers. The enterprise builds cargo and passenger ships - Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax vessels, product carriers, dry bulk carriers, etc.
