Russia to Build Four Diesel Icebreakers

The United Shipbuilding Corporation, Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) and the Rosmorport federal unitary enterprise signed a contract to build four diesel icebreakers worth $640 million, RIA Novosti reports.

Under the contract the vessels will be built at the Vyborg shipyard and Baltic shipyard starting in May 2015.

The Contract was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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World Maritime News Staff, December 5, 2011; Image: RU GOV