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meters long and 47 meters wide with a daft of 13 meters, the icebreaker will be able to clear a path about 50 meters wide, enough space for vessels with carrying capacity over 50,000 metric tons, as well as Arc7 liquefed natural gas (LNG) car- riers with hulls 50 meters wide.

Zvezda, which was chosen to build the icebreaker at the direction of President

Vladimir Putin, offcially signed the order contract with Atomfot in April.

The shipyard, which is currently opera- tional but still under construction itself, was also put into service at Putin’s in-

Photo: BMT struction, to build various vessel classes

LNG-fueled RoPax Ferry including those that had not previously been produced domestically such as Arc7 Willem Barentsz was built by Strate- The propulsion system selected

LNG carriers used to transport gas from gic Marine Shipyard in Vietnam while is based on the new MTU pure gas the Yamal LNG plant in the Russian fnal outftting and commissioning engines; IMO Tier III and EU stage

Arctic. The yard presently employs a were completed by Rederij Doeksen. V compliant engines built to deliver workforce of about 3,500, which will With an operating area within the 1,500 kW and drive the Veth VZ grow to more than 7,000 by the time the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heri- contra-rotative unit to achieve a ser- shipyard is completed in 2024. tage Site, the main focus for Rederij vice speed of 14 knots. The Doeksen

Zvezda’s order book currently amounts Doeksen was on reducing the environ- ferry includes maximum capacity of to 39 vessels, with options for another mental impact of the vessel operation. 600 passengers, 66 cars, 120-meter 20, including 28 vessels for Rosneft. Its BMT provided the technical solution truck lane, and six crew members. The frst newbuild, a 114,000 dwt dual-fuel to reduce NOx, CO2, and noise while vessel operates at a service speed of tanker for Rosneft, was launched in May. increasing the effciency of the design. 14 knots.

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