According to the company leader, Atomflot has so far this year made 100 million RUB more original plans for the year. The reason is a growing number of activities in Russian Arctic waters. In the course of the year, the icebreakers have accompanied several ships along the Northern Sea Route, assisted researchers in their bids to find the extension of the Russian Arctic shelf, helped out the people operating the Russian drifting research stations, provided goods to remote Arctic settlements and accompanied ships exporting hydrocarbons, Rusha told MBnews.ru.
The company leader underlines that his fleet will be fully occupied in the years to come. Among the new tasks will be assisting LNG carriers shipping in the area, as well as shipping operations to the port of Dudinka for the Norilsk Nickel company. Soon, the company will also have to escort tankers shipping oil from the Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea, Ruksha says.
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Atomflot is a state-owned enterprise under the Rosatom company. It operates six nuclear-powered icebreaker, as well as the “Sevmorput” nuclear powered container ship. In addition, several service ships are in the company’s fleet.
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