An icebreaker does not transport cargo, so we need a cargo fleet. I understand that we do not have enough capacity to meet ...

Russia is expected to increase its fleet of icebreakers as there could be large-scale expansion of the Northern Sea Route for trade. Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev recently suggested that ...

The third serial universal nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutia begins its first regular voyage today (April 15, 2025). The icebreaker Yakutia wi ...

Built at the Admirality shipyard in St. Petersburg, the icebreaking patrol vessel sailed around the Baltics and Scandinavia in late March and arrived to the Northern Fleet's main base on Monday, the ...

Yakutia, the fourth of seven Project 22220 nuclear icebreakers, has begun work as part of Russia’s icebreaker fleet. The ...

He added: "An icebreaker does not transport cargo, so we need a cargo fleet. I understand that we do not have enough ... The conference also heard about growing cooperation between Russia and both ...

Beyond nuclear icebreakers, Russia maintains conventional icebreakers and is constructing four non-nuclear, ice-class Project 23550 patrol vessels. This robust fleet significantly enhances Russia's ...

A German court will weigh a request to release a seized oil tanker that is believed to be part of a so-called shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, Germany's finance ministry said ...

Russia does not expect global warming to cause significant changes to ice cover along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) until 2050. Sergey Zybko, the head of the NSR administration, said the ice had been ...

Russia will strengthen its military and logistics presence in the Arctic, including boosting its fleet of nuclear icebreakers and the number of servicemen in the region, President Vladimir Putin ...