According to the publication, representatives of the Leningrad Electric Machine-Building Plant announced the impossibility of restoring the operability of the bow of the engine.
In their opinion, the power surge is to blame, while representatives of the Central Research Institute of Marine Electrical Engineering and Technology believe that the power plant is out of order due to manufacturing defects.
As noted, if the GED cannot be repaired on board, which is most likely to have to open the hull to replace it, this will significantly affect the date of delivery of the vessel.
In turn, the head of the United Shipbuilding Company (USC) Alexei Rakhmanov said that so far he does not see the risks of postponing the delivery of the icebreaker.
Initially, the Arctic icebreaker was supposed to be commissioned at the end of 2017, now the transfer is planned after ice tests in May.
In December, it was reported that Baltic plant experts tested it for stability.