To develop the Northern Sea Route, about 120 vessels of various types and purposes are planned to be built at Russian shipyards by 2035, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said.
"In the interests of the development of the Northern Sea Route until 2035, about 120 vessels of various types and purposes are planned to be built at Russian shipyards. These are, in particular, gas carriers, tankers, container ships - all of them, of course, reinforced ice class, as well as, of course, nuclear icebreakers, with which Murmansk has a special relationship," Manturov said during a working trip to Murmansk.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, nuclear icebreakers are "the pride of the country."
"Simply put, no country in the world has such a fleet. And all of them are based in Murmansk, which is also the central base for maintenance," he stressed.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished