Vyborg Shipyard lays down first serial icebreaking ship for Gazprom Neft
On December 14, 2015, Vyborg Shipyard (Leningrad Region, United Shipbuilding Corporation) laid down the first serial icebreaking ship for Gazprom Neft, the shipyard told IAA PortNews.
The series will consist of two vessels.
The icebreaking support vessel will be built in accordance with the cutting edge design providing maximum icebreaking capability and considerable manoeuvrability with comparatively shallow draught. The proposed concept of an icebreaking vessel with three azimuth thrusters (located by a pair in the aft and a single unit in the fore part) enables to perform operation to a maximum effect under harsh conditions of the intended navigation area.
Two icebreaking vessels will operate at the Arctic terminal of the Novoportovskoye field on the western bank of the Ob Bay (Yamal peninsula).
The primary purpose of ships is escorting of tankers, assistance during mooring, loading, rescue operations, providing tugging assistance, firefighting, participation in oil spill response activities. The vessels should be capable of operating continuously under the temperature as low as -50 С.
The ceremonial launch of construction of the lead icebreaking support vessel for Gazprom Neft Novy Port was held at Vyborg Shipyard on November 3, 2015. The vessel was named Aleksandr Sannikov.
Under the contract, the vessels are to be delivered to Gazprom Neft before 2018.
Major characteristics: LOA – 121.7 m; BOA – about 26 m; depth – 11.5 m; unloaded displacement – 8,699 t.
Vyborg Shipyard PJSC is one of the largest shipbuilding companies of the North-Western Region of Russia with 65-years’ experience in shipbuilding. Since the Shipyard was founded (1948) there have been built more than 200 different vessels with total displacement exceeding 1,550,000 t. In 2012, Vyborg Shipyard joined the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.
Gazprom Neft Group consists of more than 70 production, refining and sales subsidiaries in Russia, neighbouring countries and further afield. Gazprom Neft operates in Russia’s major oil and gas regions: in the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Districts and in the Tomsk, Omsk and Orenburg regions.
Gazprom Neft Novy Port, subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, operator of Novy Port project.
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