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In the Yard

New Ship & Boat designs, contracts & deliveries

Zvezda Begins Building World’s Most

Powerful Nuclear Icebreaker

Eastern Shipbuilding

Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex Scheduled to be commissioned in 2027,

ESG Launches Sandy Ground has cut frst steel for the leader project’s the icebreaker will be equipped with two

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, fagship nuclear icebreaker Russia, said to RITM-400 type nuclear reactors, four

Inc. (ESG) launched the sec- be the world’s most powerful. turbines and four electric propulsion mo- ond of three new Staten Island

The Zvezda shipyard, owned by a con- tors. The ship’s total power capacity of 120 “Ollis Class” Ferries for the City sortium led by oil giant Rosneft, is work- megawatts (MW) will be at least double that of New York Department of ing with Atomfot, a subsidiary of Rus- of other icebreakers currently in service or

Transportation (NYCDOT) Stat- sian nuclear group Rosatom, to build the under construction. en Island Ferry Division. The icebreaker, which will help boost year-round The newbuild will be able to sail through

Sandy Ground was launched commercial vessel traffc on the Northern ice more than 4 meters thick at a speed of 2 at Eastern’s Allanton facility in

Sea Route connecting Europe and Asia knots, and will be capable of speeds up to

Panama City, Fla.

along Russia’s northern coast. 12 knots in ice that’s 2 meters thick. At 210

The three Ollis Class double- ended 4500 passenger ferries, are from a design provided by Elliot Bay De- sign Group, with each ferry featuring four ABS Electro-

Motive Diesel (EMD) 12-710 at 900 rpm EPA Tier 4 marine propulsion engines with two engines powering one ABS

Reintjes DUP 3000 P combin- ing gear and one ABS 36 RV6

ECS/285-2 Voith Schneider

Propeller at each end of the

Photo: Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex vessel. Power generation is provided by three ABS, EPA

Tier 3 marine continuous duty

Berlin’s new “Editorial Ship” diesel generator sets, Caterpil- lar C18 driving 480 V, 60 Hz,

Powered by Schottel 3-phase generators rated at 425 kW at 0.8 P.F. at 1,800

Having been in the marine publishing hull while signifcantly reducing the noise rpm.

business for nearly three decades, it is in- level on board. The result is a low-emission

The new Staten Island Ollis creasingly rare to fnd a purpose-built vessel propulsion unit with an electric thruster that

Class Ferries series are named that is truly unique, but across my desk to- works so quietly that those on board the ship after fallen soldier of the US day comes news of the delivery of “The Pio- can fully focus on their work. The technical

Army 10th Mountain Division neer One”, Germany’s frst “editorial ship.” specifcations are designed for daily use on at Fort Drum, ‘Climb to Glory’,

Delivered to Berlin-based media company the Spree River and all zone 4 inland water-

Army Staff Sgt. Michael H.

Media Pioneer, the vessel is envisioned as a ways. The ship measures 40 x 7 meters and

Ollis, a Staten Island native “foating editorial hub”, providing a work- sports 200 square meters of space, which killed in Afghanistan on August place for around 30 journalists. includes TV broadcasting facilities and a 28, 2013 serving during Op- “The Pioneer One” was built by the podcast studio. “The Pioneer One” travels eration Enduring Freedom. The

Lux-Werft shipyard in Niederkassel, it is on the Spree River in the centre of Berlin’s frst of the series, Hull 219, is propelled by Schottel propulsion units, spe- government district. Although headquarters named in his honor. cifcally Schottel Pump Jet type SPJ 22 with to the editorial team, readers will also be al- 90 kW input power, driven by an electric lowed to visit the ship. Live broadcasts and motor. The resiliently mounted bow thruster events are planned for up to 100 partici- minimizes structure-borne noise in the pants. – G. Trauthwein 52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • July 2020