Second serial icebreaker of project 22220, the Ural, laid down at Baltiysky Zavod (photo)
On July 25, 2016, Baltiysky Zavod – Sudostrojenije (USC) laid down the Ural, the second serial 60MW icebreaker of project 22220. IAA PortNews reporter says the keel-laying certificate has been signed by FSUE Atomflot Director General Vycheslav Ruksha, Director General of Baltiysky Zavod-Sudostroyeniye Aleksey Kadilov and Director of RS Branch for Nuclear Ships Vladimir Rozvorsky.
The ceremony will be attended by the following officials: Vladimir Bulavin, the RF Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern District; Sergey Kiriyenko, Director General of Rosatom Corporation; Alexei Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC); Konstantin Palnikov, Director General of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping; Vladimir Vorobyov, Chief Designer at Central Design Bureau Iceberg.
The Arktika, lead icebreaker of Project 22220 was laid down at Baltiysky Zavod in November 2013 and launched on June 16, 2016. The Sibir, first serial icebreaker of the Project, was laid down on May 26, 2015.
Three nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220 ordered by Rosatom Corporation will be built to RS class.
Key specifications of 60 MW icebreakers: Length - 173.3 m; Beam - 34 m; Depth – 15.2 m; Designed draught — 10.5 m / 8.65 m; Full displacement - 33,540 t, crew – 75. Specified lifetime – 40 years.
Each icebreaker will be powered by two RITM-200 reactors of 175 MWt. The system was developed specially for this ship.
The ship was designed by Central Design Bureau Iceberg in 2009. The icebreaker’s advanced dual-draft capability makes it suitable for operations both in the Arctic waters and in the mouths of the northern rivers.
The icebreakers will be operated in deep waters of western Arctic areas (Barents, Pechora and Kara Seas) and in shallow waters of river estuaries (Yenisey’s mouth and the Gulf of Ob).
Baltiysky Zavod OJSC (Saint-Petersburg) specializes in construction of rank 1 surface-crafts, ice class vessels with nuclear and diesel-electric propulsion plants, nuclear floating energy units, floating distilling plants.
The shipyard was set up in 1856. In its history Baltiysky Zavod which had built over 600 ships and vessels and was privatized several times and returned to state control when financial problems arose. In late 2011, the shipyard once more fell under the control of the state represented by the United Shipbuilding Corporation. To preserve the staff and the competence of the shipyard, USC founded Baltiysky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye LLC. The Company’s staff currently numbers 4,000 employees.
The backlog of orders of Baltiysky Zavod-Sudostroyeniye LLC is currently valued at about RUB 150 bln. The largest orders are: three 60-MWt nuclear icebreakers, 25-MWt diesel-electric icebreaker, floating power unit of the world’s first floating nuclear heat and power plant, engineering products. In 2015, the Company’s revenue totaled RUB 11.857 mln, net profit – RUB 1.229 mln, current assets – RUB 62.736 bln.
