MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION LENGTH OVERALL: 76.4 m RUSSIAN 80% MADE BEAM OVERALL: 20.5 m DEPTH: 6.3 m №2 (27) 2016 ARCTIC WAITING IN RUSSIA PROPULSION POWER: 7,5 7.5 MW FOR THE LEADER Experience with import substitution: SPEED: 14 knots Zvezdochka launched the first phase of SPEED IN 1.0 M THICK Baltic Shipyard is ready to begin the new assembly and test workshop LEVEL ICE: 3.0 knots the construction of the largest at its propulsion systems facility CREW: 24 nuclear-powered icebreaker with p. 18 SPECIAL PERSONNEL: 12 capacity of 120 MW p. 8 ENDURANCE: 20 days SCIENCE CONQUERS FEATURE ONE The development of ARCTIC any project in the Arctic is preceded by detailed studies at Krylov Research Center’s testing/engineering and ICE simulator facilities p. 14 ICEBREAKING RESCUE VESSEL BALTIKA [ project АRC 100 ] Built to a unique project developed by the Finnish Aker Arktic shipyard, which has patented the idea of asymmetric hull. Baltika was built by the Yantar Shipyard and Finnish shipyard Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc acted as its subcontractor. Baltika can move through 1 m thick level ice both ahead and astern and in oblique mode, creating a 50 m wide channel in 60 cm thick level ice. The multifunction icebreaking vessel is designed to carry out icebreaking operations, towing vessels and floating structures, escorting vessels, providing oil spill response, fire fighting, environmental monitoring and rescue operations. ICE MODEL BASIN KRYLOV STATE RESEARCH CENTER [ ] The ice model basin is one of Krylov State Research Center’s main attractions. This is the longest basin in the world - its length is 102 meters. It is designed for measuring global ice loads on floating and fixed offshore platforms, developing technologies to reduce ice loads on marine engineering structures that work on the continental shelf, as well as elaborating efficient icebreaker and ice-going vessel design techniques Large observation windows are mounted in the basin’s bottom to provide vision as well as video recording and photography from the bottom. In addition, there are two observation galleries along the sides of the basin: one for direct observation over movement of models from the top, the other – from under water and flank. STRENGTH AND POWER AT SEA BASIN BOWL SPECIFICATIONS: WIDTH: 10 m LENGTH: 102 m (80 m – ice field) WATER DEPTH: 2.0/4.6 m www.aoosk.ru RANGE OF THICKNESSES OF ICE FROZEN: 10–100 mm Remembering the challenges facing our country in the North, we have decided to dedicate this issue to the theme of development of the Arctic region and primarily to the construction of icebreaking vessels for its development The Arctic first n the last decade, more and more Of course, the sanctions imposed on attention has been paid in the world to Russia affect the domestic shipbuilding industry, the Arctic. This was due to geopolitical as well as machine-building in general. Thus, interests of states in the region, the the successful import substitution turns from a Iamount of potential energy resources, desirable goal into a vital necessity. and also the possibilities offered by the Here, the experience of the Northern Sea Route. Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center, which has According to the Ministry of launched the first phase of a Transport’s estimates, the freight traffic new assembly and test plant USC SHIPBUILDERS on the Northern Sea Route may increase shop at a propulsion system several tens of times by 2020 to reach 65 production facility, could ARE TRYING TO BUILD million tons per year. Certainly, the target not have come at a better A FLEET CAPABLE will be met, subject to the coordinated time. Steerable propellers, OF PROVIDING work of all departments and enterprises which were purely imported involved. components until recently, OPERATIONS UNDER USC shipbuilders seek to respond are now in-house designed ARCTIC CONDITIONS promptly to demands from both public and manufactured. I am sure and private companies: they build modern that soon we will be to reduce the share of offshore equipment, servicing vessels and foreign parts for other items, too. an icebreaking fleet capable of providing All this can revitalize component operations in the Arctic. suppliers and the industry as a whole, I cannot but highlight the experience and bring us one step closer to solving the of cooperation between the Baltic task of accelerated development of the Shipyard, a flagship of nuclear icebreaker- Arctic region and the Northern Sea Route building industry, and the Iceberg Central announced by the country’s leadership. Design Bureau, which have been jointly I hope that the topics raised in the developing icebreaking vessels for almost current issue of the journal will be of 70 years. Today, the Baltic Shipyard interest to both our regular readers and is building the lead icebreaker Arktika those who are joining the USC journal (Project LK-60) with a capacity of 60 MW. audience just now. The activity of the Krylov State Research Center, whose competence in the field of Arctic technology and testing capabilities are generally recognized in Yours faithfully, the international scientific community, USC President also deserves to be noted. To date, the Center has at its disposal the most advanced testing/engineering and training facilities. A.L.Rakhmanov MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION №2 (27) 2016 I USC I 1 page 4 COMPANY NEWS page 22 SPECIAL-PURPOSE page 28 YANTAR: Topical corporation events NUCLEAR GIANTS BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER Nearly a half-century AND THE DESIGNER page 8 ARCTIC COOPERATION history of special-purpose large Yantar Shipyard embarks on a new stage in the Baltic Shipyard and Iceberg CDB nuclear-powered submarines development of the domestic fishing fleet teamed up to build the most powerful will be continued nuclear icebreaker page 32 INTERNATIONAL TIES page 24 KRONSTADT’S AGAINST SANCTIONS page 14 AT THE CUTTING EDGE EXPERIENCE: HOW Sudoexport’s experience for OF ARCTIC TECHNOLOGIES TO REPAIR GAS TURBINE development of import substitution Krylov Research Center’s most ENGINES up-to-date testing/engineering and page 36 DEFEXPO simulator facilities Prospects for establishing a repair center for INDIA 2016: third- and fourth- ENHANCING page 18 CORNERSTONE OF PROGRESS generation gas turbine Zvezdochka has commissioned has commissioned engines on the premises COOPERATION the first phase of a new assembly and testing of the Kronstadt USC’s participation workshop at its propulsion system facility Marine Plant in Defexpo India 2016 RUSSIAN MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION 80% MADE №2 (27) 2016 ARCTIC WAITING IN RUSSIA Experience with import substitution: FOR THE LEADER Zvezdochka launched the first phase of Baltic Shipyard is ready to begin the new assembly and test workshop the construction of the largest at its propulsion systems facility nuclear-powered icebreaker with p. 18 capacity of 120 MW p. 8 SCIENCE CONQUERS FEATURE ONE The development of ARCTIC any project in the Arctic is preceded by detailed studies at Krylov Research Center’s testing/engineering and ICE simulator facilities p. 14 JSC USC MAGAZINE. CIRCULATION: 999 ADDRESS: 11, Bolshaya Tatarskaya St., Moscow, 115184, Russia PRESIDENT OF JSC USC: Alexey Rakhmanov. www.aoosk.ru EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Vyacheslav Ivanov MANAGING EDITOR: Mariya Arsenyeva DESIGN AND MAKEUP: KLIMOV DESIGN STUDIO. Tel.: + 7 (499) 740-60-18. www.klimov-design.ru Opinions of the authors may not coincide with the editorial board page 40 A NEW MIR USC enterprises have showcased On the front cover: the capabilities of the domestic civil The fourth diesel- shipbuilding industry at the 6th International electric icebreaker Forum “Marine Industry of Russia” Murmansk (Project 21900), built at the page 44 BERTHS OF LIFE Vyborg Shipyard in December 2015, A legendary feat accomplished by Sevmash’s together with the workers during World War II second follow- on icebreaker page 48 THE EMPEROR Vladivostok, completes sea trials WHO DID NOT LIKE THE NAVY in the Kara Sea. Fragments from Nikolay Skritsky’s book These new icebreakers “Import Substitution in the Russian Navy continue the famous and the Shipbuilding Industry series launched by Moskva and Saint for Three Centuries” Petersburg. April 20 USC CEO ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN ENGINEERING UNION A congress of the Russian Engineering Union was held in the Pillar Hall of Unions. peaking at the Congress, Russian President Vladimir April 4 Putin praised the organization’s contribution to the Srevival of industrial production and shaping the START OF JUPITER industry development strategy. The congress delegates Jupiter is the third in a series of five tugboats built at ASPO shipyard heard the Board’s reports, discussed measures to on order from Kazakh company OMS Shipping. improve the competitiveness of industry and elected new governing bodies of the organization. Sergei Chemezov, he vessels meet all Caspian Sea. In addition, in mooring and rescue Director General of the Rostec State Corporation, was current requirements Project 35 vessels are operations. re-elected the head of the Engineering Union, while Tand can be used year- intended for towing Alexey Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding round in ice-free seas. non-self-propelled barges PROJECT 35 TUG Corporation, became one of his deputies. Speaking of the lines of further development for the Union, he noted They are equipped with with displacement of up Length overall 24.5 m means of fighting fires to 4,000 tons at a speed four key areas: general industry problems, branch and Beam overall 8 m on floating and onshore of up to five knots, vessel regional issues, and human resource topics, including facilities. The expected movement in the port Depth 3.7 m educational programs, all-Russian competitions and area of navigation is the waters, participation Full displacement 260 tons Olympiads being implemented.