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FSUE “Rosmorport” prepares icebreakers for winter

FSUE “Rosmorport” prepares icebreakers for winter

FSUE "Rosmorport" is preparing the icebreaker fleet for icebreaking services during the winter navigation period of 2020-2021. Currently, 15 icebreakers of the enterprise are technically prepared for work. These are the names of the icebreakers Kapitan Zarubin, Kapitan M. Izmailov, Semyon Dezhnev, Kapitan Plakhin, Murmansk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kapitan Sorokin, Novorossiysk, Kapitan Kosolapov, Captain Evdokimov, Dikson, Kapitan Chadayev, Fanagoria and Georgy Sedov.

In preparation for the period of icebreaking services FSUE "Rosmorport" carries out repair work of the icebreaking fleet taking into account the technical condition of systems and mechanisms of ships in accordance with the instructions for the operation of technical facilities and in accordance with the requirements of classification societies.

Currently, 5 icebreakers are undergoing repair works in the scope of the next survey: Ivan Kruzenshtern, Tor, Kapitan Nikolaev, Kapitan Bukayev and Kapitan Moshkin. Repairs to the Vladivostok icebreaker are scheduled for October 2020.

Icebreakers Yuri Lisyansky and Kapitan Demidov carried out dock repair in the scope of interim survey. The dock repair of the icebreaker "Captain Khlebnikov" is planned. Survey of the underwater part by underwater photo/video shooting was performed on 3 icebreakers: Kapitan Zarubin, Kapitan Metsayk, and Magadan.

Docking of the ice-breakers of the enterprise is carried out using the capacities of CJSC "Kanonersky Ship-Repair yard", JSC "Kronshtadtsky Shipyard", LLC "Svetlovsky Ship-Repair yard", JSC "CS "Zvezdochka", JSC "Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet", JSC "Pervomaysk Ship-Repair yard", JSC "Sailor", PJSC "Slavyansky Ship-Repair yard".


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FSUE "Rosmorport" provides services for icebreaking support services for vessels in 15 freezing seaports of the Russian Federation and on the approaches to them, as well as services for icebreaking support for vessels navigating in ice in other sea basins of the World ocean.

FSUE "Rosmorport" uses 36 icebreakers and icebreaker tugboats, including 16 linear icebreakers, 7 linear small icebreakers, as well as 13 auxiliary and port icebreakers and icebreaker tugboats to provide icebreaker services for vessels. Every year, the company's icebreaking fleet performs thousands of services for vessels in the waters of freezing seaports of the Russian Federation.