ALEKSANDR SANNIKOV, ANDREY VILKITSKIY
Type of vessel:
Icebreaking Support Vessel
Type of work done:
Full design package, Ice and open water model tests
Year:
2015
Customer:
Vyborg Shipyard (Russia)
Builder:
Vyborg Shipyard (Russia)
Owner:
Gazprom Neft (Russia)
Length x Breadth x Draught:
121.7 m x 26.0 m x 8.0 m
Propulsion:
2 × 7.5 MW (stern) + 6.5 MW (bow)
Ice breaking capacity:
2 knots in 2 m level ice + 30 cm snow
Ice class:
Icebreaker8
The design of Aker ARC 130 A is a further development of Aker ARC 130 (Polaris), which is adopted to the Arctic conditions and became Aleksand Sannikov class. A second vessel of the class, Andrey Vilkitskiy is delivered in December 2018. Both vessels will be used for support operations in Ob bay in Russian Arctic.
