Krylov Centre completed design activities and defended detailed design of shallow-water icebreaker of new generation developed within the framework of the state contract between the Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport and the Krylov State Research Centre. The shallow-water icebreaker is intended for shallow Arctic, Azov and Caspian Seas and other shallow-water basins, as required.

New icebreaker was designed by Baltsudoproekt in cooperation with Civil Ship System’s Integration Division of the Krylov Centre.

Key functions of new generation icebreaker:

• Icebreaker assistance during winter navigation, including water areas more than three meters in depth;
• Escorting convoys in harsh ice conditions with significant ice ridging;
• Cargo open-deck transportation in 20-foot containers;
• Fire fighting support for vessels, offshore and onshore engineering structures subject to fire-fighting equipment installed onboard;
• Search and rescue.

Challenging engineering tasks like limited draft, breadth, height and enhanced requirements for ice breaking capability have been successfully met in the design. Moreover, the Krylov experts developed innovation propulsion complex consisting of two CP-symmetrical azimuth thrusters and two shaft propellers at sides. Along with newly developed hull lines and with account for existing limitations the offered propulsion complex ensures the highest ice breaking performance as against existing shallow-water icebreakers and ice-breaking vessels.

Successful acceptance of shallow-water icebreaker design by the customer, the developed and implemented innovation solutions are again the evidences of high competences of the Krylov Centre in Arctic technologies.