World’s Most Powerful Icebreaker Concludes First Sea Trials – Shipyard

ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) – Russian nuclear icebreaker Arktika, the most powerful ship in the world, has completed its three-day sea trials, the press office of the St. Petersburg-based Baltic Shipyard said on Saturday.

The first sea trials tested the ship’s navigation and backup diesel generators.

The 569-foot-long icebreaker of Project 22220 has a three-shaft propulsion system with a total capacity of 60 megawatts. It was commissioned by Russia’s state nuclear agency, Rosatom, and will be delivered in May of 2020.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

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