Icebreaking support ship of Aker Arc130A design built by Vyborg Shipyard for Gazprom Neft to be launched on November 24
On 24 November 2016, Vyborg Shipyard JSC (corporate member of United Shipbuilding Corporation) will launch the hull of the lead icebreaking support ship of Aker Arc130A design being built for Gazprom Neft, says the shipyard.
The vessel’s cutting edge design provides high icebreaking capability and considerable manoeuvrability with comparatively shallow draught.
The shipyard says the vessel is assembled on a semisubmersible barge, the Atlant. When launched from the barge the ship will undergo outfitting.
Vyborg Shipyard is building two icebreaking support ships based on Aker ARC 130 A design. The ships are to be deployed at the Arctic terminal operated by LLC Gazprom Neft Novy Port and located in the Gulf of Ob (Yamal peninsula).
The ceremony will be attended by representatives of United Shipbuilding Corporation, Gazprom Neft, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, suppliers and other partners of the shipyard.
Vyborg Shipyard JSC (corporate member of United Shipbuilding Corporation) is one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the North-Western Region of Russia. From the date of its foundation in 1948 the Shipyard has built 210 different vessels, 9 offshore drilling rigs and 105 topside modules for fixed offshore platforms with total displacement of over 1,550,000 t.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.
Gazprom Neft Group consists of more than 70 production, refining and sales subsidiaries in Russia, neighbouring countries and further afield. Gazprom Neft operates in Russia’s major oil and gas regions: in the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Districts and in the Tomsk, Omsk and Orenburg regions.
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