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The Navigation on the Today & in the Future Atomic Icebreaking Fleet of

Atomic of “Arktika” type: Atomic Icebreakers of “Taimyr” type: Propulsion Capacity – 54 MW; Propulsion Capacity – 35 MW; Water displacement – 23000 t; Water displacement 21000 t; i/b “Rossia” – 21.12.1985 i/b “Taimyr” – 30.06.1989 i/b “Sovetsky Soyuz” – 29.12.1989 i/b “Yaygach” – 25.07.1990 i/b “” – 28.10.1992 i/b “” – 23.03.2007

Atomic container carrier “” – 30.12.1988 Propulsion Capacity – 32,5 MW; Water displacement – 61000 t; Deadweight – 33900 t. Decommissioned

First Atomic “” - 1959 - 1989 Atomic icebreakers of “Arktika” type: Propulsion Capacity – 32 MW; Propulsion Capacity – 54 MW; Water displacement – 19240 t. Water displacement – 23000 t; i/b “Arktika” 1975 - 2008 i/b “” 1978 - 1992 Satellite Image of Ice Conditions in the Russian sector of Arctic dd. 14-15.03.2011 NRS routes

Murmansk

Vitino

c. Drovyanoy, Yamal

Draught below 11 m Draught above 11 m FSUE Atomflot

The Fleet On-shore Infrastructure 1308 employees 714 employees

Atomic Fleet Special Vessels

4 special 6 atomic Decommissioned vessels Decommissioned icebreakers Atomic Container Carrier Sevmorput

4 i/b of Arktika mv Lepse type i/b Lenin

mv Volodarsky

i/b Sibir 2 i/b of Taimyr type

i/b Arktika

Atomic fleet has 16 vessels: On-shore works:  Nuclear powered vessels - 10 • base for the atomic icebreaking fleet;  Atomic icebreakers - 9 • full complex of ship repair;  Atomic container carrier - 1 • nuclear fuel handling;  Special vessels - 6 • radioactive wastes handling. The summer-autumn period of 2010 was marked by a number shipping operations which involved atomic icebreakers under operation of Rosatomflot.

For the first time in the history of shipping a tanker of a 100 000 tons deadweight was piloted along the Northern Sea Route.

Tanker SCF-Baltica (Aframax) under the flag of Liberia of 117 000 t deadweight and ice-class Arc 5 loaded 70 thousand tons of gas condensate and left the port of (Russia) on 14 August. She got to the Bering Strait on 27 August and followed to the Pacific Ocean. The total time spent to call on the port of destination Ningbo (China) on the 6th of September constituted 23 days of which sailing along the NSR took less than 10 days. The sailing distance from Murmansk to Shanghai when using NSR is 6600 nautical miles while through the Suez Channel the distance will be 12000 nautical miles. SCF Baltica itenerary under ice pilotage of atomic icebreakers Rossiya, Taimyr, 50 Let Pobedy from Novaya Zemlya to Cape Dezhnev (Moscow Time)

16/08 08:00 27/08 08:00 26/08 09:00 Chukot Sea Cape Zhelanie

26/08 08:00 17/08 08:00 23/08 08:00 20/08 20:00 22/08 08:00 End of 25/08 08:00 Vilkitsky Strait 24/08 08:00 Icebreaking Pilotage 19/08 08:00 23/08 08:00 24/08 21/08 08:00 18/08 08:00 MT 11:20 PEVEK 24/08 08:00 24/08 19:15 Start of 21/08 08:00 Icebreaking 19/08 18:00 22/08 08:00 Pilotage Sannikov Strait 20/08 08:00

actual itinerary (dates marked in white) i/b 50 Let Pobedy itinerary Bulker Nordic Barents Arc 4 under Hong Kong flag with 41000 tons of iron ore passed from Norway to China along the NSR (8 days spent on NSR) without calling on any intermediate port. The average speed on the NSR was 13 knots. The passenger mv Georg Ots class Ice B under Russian flag was piloted from Murmansk eastbound with the port of destination . The overall sailing in broken ice lasted for 7 days from 16 to 23 September. At one point the piloted icebreaker was tugged through the heavy ice.

The passage from the Bering Strait to the island of Novaya Zemlya under the pilotage of atomic icebreaker Rossiya took the Swedish supply icebreaker Tor Viking II class Arc 5 just 9 days. This could have been done even faster but the caravan met two pack-ice areas and i/b Rossiya had to break ice around Tor Viking. The voyage with Tor Viking II was done a month after the official completion of summer-to-autumn navigation on the NSR. This successful voyage done in late December proved that it is possible to increase the period of Arctic navigation on the NSR in winter months. Vitino Port

Atomic icebreaker Rossiya called on February 04 at the Vitino seaport in the first time in 2011. Russian Federation government added Vitino port to the list of ports open for the vessels with nuclear power plants in 2010. This decision was necessary to provide safe navigation especially in winter when fast ice poses significant obstacle for cargo vessels sailing to the berths which results in loss of operating time and decrease of safety level. After passing port receiving buoy it took i/b Rossiya only two hours to pilot 70 000 tons tanker Perseverance to the inner road of the Vitino port. Tug boats that meet a vessel approaching the port usually spend much more time on this procedure. Moreover the icebreaker renews the canal in ice when sailing to the inner road thus making the navigation in the area much easier. The whole transport process benefits as a result that has a positive economic output. The Gulf of Finland

50 nautical miles

i/b Vaygach commenced piloting on February 25, 2011. By that time about 70 vessels were awaiting icebreaking assistance. Average number of vessels piloted daily – 8. The ice condition remains hard to the moment. i/b Vaygach is breaking ice around each vessel individually to relief them and let them follow the canal. Universal Atomic Icebreaker (project) Principal Dimensions Project 1052 Project 10580 Project 22220 Permanently – Western Arctic incl. Barents, Pechora and Kara Sea, Basic area of operations Arctic Yenisei River and shallow waters of the shallow Arctic waters Yenisei River (up to port of Dudinka) and the Gulf of Ob. Eastern Arctic – in summer-autumn period , m 148,0 150,0 173,3 Beam, m 30,0 29,2 34,0 Board height, m 17,2 15,2 15,2 Draught, m 11,00 8,1 10,5 Minimal - - 8,55 Water displacement, t 23 460 19 600 33 530 Minimal - - 25 540 Quantity and power of 2 * 27 580 2 * 18 400 2 * 36 000 turbines, kW Shaft power, kW 49 000 32 500 60 000 Ice-free water speed, 20,8 20,2 ~ 22 knots Ice passability, m 2,25 1,95 2,8 – 2,9 Shaft power to water 2,09 1,66 1,79 displacement Crew quantity 130 89 75 At present Russian Federation is the world leader in the field of using atomic icebreaking fleet to provide safe and competitive shipping in the Arctic and freezing adjacent seas. In 2011 the shipping on the NSR is going to increase significantly. Rosatomflot already received 15 applications to provide ice pilotage to commercial vessels. Northern Sea Route provides to shipowners and shippers an opportunity to lower the cost of shipping considerably and avoid such threat as pirate attacks. The Companies of the Report:

FSUE ATOMFLOT www.rosatomflot.ru of State Corporation www.rosatom.ru JSC SOVCOMFLOT www.sovcomflot.ru TSCHUDI SHIPPING COMPANY AS www.tschudishipping.com PROMINVEST SA [email protected] NORDIC BULK CARRIERS A/S www.nordicbulkcarriers.com TRANSATLANTIC www.rabt.se CENTRE FOR HIGH NORTH LOGISTICS www.chnl.no Maritime Port Vitino www.vitino.ru FSUE ROSMORPORT http://www.rosmorport.ru/

Prepared by ROSATOMFLOT e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.rosatomflot.ru Mikhail Belkin Tel: +7 8152 553 014 Fax: +7 8152 553 300