He recalled that operation of the lead nuclear-powered icebreaker of project 22220 Arktika began in 2020, and that four serial nuclear-powered ships of this project, Siberia, Ural, Yakutia, are at various stages of construction at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. and Chukotka.
"And we are thinking very much and also consult with the government, the relevant ministries, whether to extend this order still insofar as the volume of traffic (along the Northern Sea Route) is growing, and international transit has already doubled in just last year," RIA quotes Likhachev's news.
According to him, "last year we had 29 million tons of target indicators for transportation along the Northern Sea Route."
“I think we crossed the 32 million ton line back in mid-December.
Well, we hope that we will also move at a faster pace in transportation.
Therefore, we also have a need for the advanced creation of the Arctic fleet, ”added the head of Rosatom.
Earlier, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexei Rakhmanov said in an interview with FAN that Russia holds the palm as the world's main icebreaker power.