Sankt Peterburg icebreaker

MS Sankt Peterburg ("ледокол Санкт Петербург") is an icebreaking vessel owned and operated by Rosmorport. Rosmorport is a Russian FSUE ("Federal State Unitary Enterprise") created in 2012 by the Russian Federation's Ministry of Transport.

The vessel (IMO number 9326586) is Russia-flagged (MMSI 273334710) and registered in Sankt-Peterburg.

Among the newest Russian icebreakers, Sankt Peterburg is named after Russia's second-largest city, St Petersburg, which is also a federal city (one of the country's top-level administrative divisions). St Petersburg is located on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea).

In January 2011, Rosmorport FSUE took delivery of the diesel-electric icebreakers Sankt Peterburg and Moskva, both built by Baltic Shipyard and designed by Baltsudoproekt. Sankt Peterburg is the second vessel in a new generation of multipurpose Russian icebreakers. She is also the second (after Moskva) to feature a diesel-electric power plant built at a Russian shipyard since the collapse of the USSR, as most non-nuclear Russian icebreakers had previously been constructed abroad.

These vessels are designed to escort large-capacity oil tankers, rescue ships trapped in ice floes, fight fires on ships in the Arctic Ocean, and clean up chemical and oil spills in open waters.

Rosmorport's Sankt Peterburg itinerary program includes Arctic cruise expeditions and research voyages departing from St Petersburg (homeport).

Sankt Peterburg icebreaker vessel details

Project 21900 and 21900M icebreakers (also known as LK-16) represent a series of five Russian icebreakers. Two Project 21900 ships (Sankt Peterburg and Moskva) were built in St Petersburg by Baltic Shipyard. Three Project 21900M ships were constructed as follows: two at Vyborg Shipyard (Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast) and one at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

The primary purpose of this class of icebreakers is to assist heavy-tonnage vessels and tow floating structures both in open waters and through ice.

Project 21900M vessels are classified by RMRS (Russian Maritime Register of Shipping) with ice class "Icebreaker6". The maximum icebreaking capability of both Project 21900 and 21900M ships is 1.5 m. These icebreakers are intended for operations in the Baltic Sea and along the Northern Sea Route on Russia's Arctic coast.

The range of services provided by these modern Russian icebreakers includes towage, escorting heavy-tonnage vessels, salvage operations, assistance to vessels in distress, firefighting on floating facilities, and transportation of essential cargo.

The vessel features one dining room, a sauna, an indoor heated swimming pool, one elevator, and a helipad (helideck).

• Max draft: 8.5 m (28 ft)
• Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 5370 tons
• Displacement: 10000 tons
• Icebreaking capability: 1.5 m
• Cargo capacity: 33 TEUs (containers)
• Cargo deck size: 800 m2 (8600 ft2)
• Range: 20000 km (13000 mi)
• Powerplant: Four diesel engines (6.75 MW each, total output 27 MW)
• Propulsion: Diesel-electric; 2x Steerprop azimuth thrusters (8.7 MW each, total output 17.4 MW)

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