Leader Icebreaker, Fish Cargo, and Schools for Northerners

The Zvezda shipyard has issued a tender for the design and production of an electric power supply system for Leader class icebreakers, the first of which is currently being built there. This nuclear-powered icebreaker, the largest and most powerful in the world, is expected to become operational by 2027. Its primary mission would be to ensure stable year-round shipping in the Russian Arctic along the Northern Sea Route.

This year, four cargo vessels will transport fish harvested in Russia’s Far East to the European part of the country via the Northern Sea Route. According to Ilya Shestakov, head of the Russian authority for fisheries, at least one batch of fish and seafood will be delivered onboard Sevmorput, the world’s only nuclear-powered civilian cargo ship owned by Rosatom. In August and September, during the salmon fishing season, it will be joined by three reefer ships.

Four new schools are to be built in the Chukotka Autonomous District, authorities say. According to Governor Kopin, a school capable of admitting up to 500 pupils will be built in Anadyr, the regional capital, along with three village schools with a capacity of 100 pupils each. The construction will be funded by the federal government under two national programs, Education and Demography.