The dates for the laying of the fifth and sixth serial nuclear icebreakers of project 22220 of the Arktika type have been announced

March 27 2023

The dates for the laying of the fifth and sixth serial nuclear-powered universal icebreakers of project 22220 "Arktika" have been determined, the contract for the construction of which was received in February this year by the "Baltiysky Zavod" in St. Petersburg. Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Northern Sea Route of the Rosatom State Corporation, spoke about this.

The fifth and sixth serial nuclear-powered icebreakers of the Arktika type will be laid down in May 2024 and October 2025, respectively. The construction will be carried out by Baltiysky Zavod, which is building the entire series of nuclear-powered ships of project 22220. Funds for the construction of new vessels will be allocated according to a mixed scheme, where one part will be allocated from the budget, and the other part from extra-budgetary sources.

We plan that the fifth icebreaker will be laid down in May 2024, and the sixth in October 2025

- leads RIA News Kulinko's words.

USC announced that Baltiysky Zavod received a new contract to continue the series of Arktika-type nuclear-powered icebreakers in early February. Metal cutting for the fifth serial nuclear-powered icebreaker is planned for the third quarter of this year, commissioning in December 2028. The sixth serial icebreaker will be handed over to the customer in December 2030. There is no information on the names of the new nuclear-powered ships yet.

To date, the Baltiysky Zavod has put into operation three universal icebreakers of project 22220: the head "Arktika", which gave the name to the entire series, as well as the first and second serial "Siberia" and "Ural". Two more nuclear-powered ships, Yakutia and Chukotka, are under construction, with delivery dates in 2024 and 2027. Project 22220 icebreakers are being built to provide year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route.

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Silver99 27 March 2023 13: 50
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The Arctic is huge deposits of hydrocarbons, whoever has a nuclear icebreaker fleet will own them, and it is also the northern sea route, the shortest from Asia to Europe. They predict that in the near future fresh water will be more expensive than oil, and we have this stuff in abundance, they may already take a turn.
1. incoggnoto 27 March 2023 13: 57
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  one of the reasons why the West is actively supporting Ukraine .. they need resources ..
  1. Silver99 27 March 2023 14: 00
    
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    and also the ports of the Black Sea and the black soil for grain, which they want to turn into a radioactive dump, as if not for themselves, not for people.
  2. Smoker 27 March 2023 14: 04
    
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    Quote from incoggnoto
    they need resources.
    
    Resources are important, but we already provided them in any volume and at fairly cheap prices. The reason is the growing independence of Russia and its increased self-sufficiency .. dared to lead its own politician.
2. Machito 27 March 2023 14: 01
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  Quote from Silver99
  The Arctic is huge deposits of hydrocarbons, whoever has a nuclear icebreaker fleet will own them, and it is also the northern sea route, the shortest from Asia to Europe. They predict that in the near future fresh water will be more expensive than oil, and we have this stuff in abundance, they may already take a turn.
  
  And it is also the shortest road to the shores of Canada and the United States, where there are no American aircraft carriers. It's a pity that we haven't started deploying Caliber and Zircons on icebreakers yet. And so icebreakers have such a displacement that, in addition to Caliber and Zircons, S-500s, Poseidons, and Sarmatians will fit.
  1. Silver99 27 March 2023 14: 08
    
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    I suggested this, but I did not find support on the resource, although the idea is tempting, as opposed to the "Sormati" arriving from the South Pole, bypassing the US missile defense system, to launch something else across the North Pole for a change to American taxpayers.
  2. Smoker 27 March 2023 14: 09
    
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    .... and Poseidons, and Sarmatians.
    
    Then the icebreaker itself is like a firewall !!!
3. voyaka uh 27 March 2023 14: 38
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  "whoever has a nuclear icebreaker fleet will own them" ///
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  The ice is melting gradually.
  Why then so many icebreakers?
  In the Arctic Ocean, when large expanses of open water appear, winds and heavy storms will begin, as around Antarctica.
  In general, icebreakers are needed, but not in such numbers.
  
  "that in the near future fresh water will be more expensive than oil," ///
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  It will not.
  Relatively cheap seawater desalination technologies have emerged.
  Israel is all on the desalinated water of the Mediterranean Sea.
  There is even an excess of it.
  1. marswell 27 March 2023 15: 42
    
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    Here, sit on your desalinated water, and we really need icebreakers and in what quantities, or we don’t need your kosher lard anymore)))
  2. tralflot1832 27 March 2023 17: 29
    
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    Do you believe in climate warming? You are naive fooling our brother. Go to the Mediterranean Sea - has the level risen a lot? In the Black Sea, as the water was at the same level, nothing has changed in 50 years.
4. Fizik13 27 March 2023 20: 22
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  Americans like cancer to Moscow ....
  This is me to the fact that they still have icebreaker competencies to do, do and do again .......
Zadok 27 March 2023 15: 53
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It's a pity that we haven't started deploying Caliber and Zircons on icebreakers yet. And so icebreakers have such a displacement that, in addition to Caliber and Zircons, S-500s, Poseidons, and Sarmatians will fit.

Dmitry Viktorovich Lobusov - the captain of the "50 Years of Victory" - swears on his cap that his ship is not armed. But .... what do we know about the icebreaker fleet? =)
Zadok 27 March 2023 15: 56
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.... and Poseidons, and Sarmatians.

Then the icebreaker itself is like a firewall !!!

for this, the "self-propelled platform "North Pole"" has already entered the database =)
UVB 27 March 2023 16: 32
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To date, the Baltiysky Zavod has put into operation three universal icebreakers of project 22220: the head "Arktika", which gave the name to the entire series, as well as the first and second serial "Siberia" and "Ural". Two more nuclear-powered ships are under construction - "Yakutia" and "Chukotka"
Something is wrong with my arithmetic: three have been commissioned, two are under construction, two more will be laid down, it turns out seven. Somehow six does not work.
1. balabol 27 March 2023 20: 37
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  Marine slang. "Arktika" is the lead - number "zero". And then the score of the series. Two serial ones have been commissioned, two are under construction, two more will be laid down. This is exactly what was said in the quote above.
digger 27 March 2023 17: 44
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The sixth icebreaker is named Kamchatka and the seventh Primorye.
MMA Plover 27 March 2023 20: 23
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Both the seventh and the eighth are planned to replace the deceased Leader. So far, there are no cargo ships for such a number of icebreakers and it is not visible in the future. As for the fairy tale about the short way from Asia to Europe, this is for land people. Nobody takes into account that China trades from southern ports with five transit ports in between, as well as the speed of passage through the ice and the cost of wiring. An ice-class vessel is three times more expensive to build, more expensive to operate, repair, and insure the vessel and cargo. Suez's fees are less than ice escort. Everything has long been calculated and published in the industry media. The NSR is the Russian way in the current conditions, on state subsidies.