“The first metal cutting for the construction of the project 10510 leader’s heavy-duty icebreaker took place on July 6 at a shipyard in the city of Bolshoi Kamen,” the text says.

According to the Director General of Rosmorflot Mustafa Kashka, the new vessel has no analogues in the world.

On June 17, it was reported that the volume of traffic along the Northern Sea Route in 2020 could exceed 30 million tons.