A unique icebreaker named Rossiya is planned to be built by 2030, said Denis Manturov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
The icebreaker is being built at the Zvezda shipbuilding complex in the Far East. Manutrov called the vessel the most powerful and the only one of its class in the world.
The icebreakers of project 10510 “Leader” can boast a power capacity of 120 megawatts, a speed of 22 knots in clear water, a length of 209 meters, a width of 47.7 meters, an ice penetration of four meters, a displacement with a draft along the wake line of almost 70,000 tons.
It is planned to install a nuclear power plant with two RITM-400 type reactors with a thermal capacity of 315 megawatts each on the icebreaker.
Currently, three nuclear icebreakers are operating in the waters of the Arctic Ocean – Arctic, Siberia and Ural. Three more are to replenish the fleet in the period from 2026 to 2030, according to b-port.com.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
