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Rosatom plans to place first Arctic ship orders at Russian yards
Rosatom plans to offer the first orders for Arctic ice-class ships to Russian shipyards.
The vessels are intended to operate on the Northern Sea Route, a shipping route through Arctic waters.
Rosatom chief executive Alexey Likhachev said the programme could require up to about 40 ships, including container carriers, bulk carriers and general cargo ships.
He said the shipbuilding programme could run for 10 to 15 years.
Ice-class ships are designed to operate in icy conditions, and Russia has experience building vessels such as the 22220 series icebreakers.
Rosatom said it would work with Russian shipbuilders first and decide how to cooperate.
The company did not give a timetable for placing the orders or say which yards would receive them.
Rosatom plans to place the first orders for new ice-class ships at Russian shipyards.
The ships are intended to operate on the Northern Sea Route.
Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said the corporation may need up to about 40 ice-class ships.
The planned fleet includes container carriers, bulk carriers and general cargo ships.
Likhachev described the shipbuilding effort as a program spanning 10 to 15 years.
- Who
- Rosatom, led by CEO Alexey Likhachev, and Russian shipyards.
- What
- Rosatom plans to place the first orders for new ice-class ships with Russian shipbuilders.
- When
- The announcement was made on November 13, 2026. The shipbuilding program is expected to span 10 to 15 years.
- Where
- Russian shipyards; the ships are intended to operate on the Northern Sea Route.
- Why
- Rosatom expects to require up to about 40 ice-class ships for operations on the Northern Sea Route.
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- Potential fleet size
- Up to about 40 ice-class ships
- Vessel types
- Container carriers, bulk carriers and general cargo ships
- Program duration
- 10 to 15 years
- Planned route
- Northern Sea Route
- Existing shipbuilding examples
- Series 22220 at Baltic Shipyard; Leader icebreaker at Zvezda shipyards
What people are saying
Russian shipyards will be the first with whom we will work in this sense and determine forms and paths of cooperation.
We understand Rosatom will require overall up to about 40 ice class ships.