AS part of a year-long agency support agreement with Russian state enterprise Atomflot, GAC Russia has sent a nuclear-powered icebreaker on its way through the Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia.
Teams in Murmansk, Moscow and Novorossiysk sought to ensure everything was in order when the 20,646-gross ton Yamal prepared to leave the Atomflot base near Murmansk for a patrol, a GAC statement said.
The vessel is used to clear passages and escort ships through the Northern Sea Route, as well as to the North Pole.
GAC Russia's agreement with Atomflot was signed after its teams worked together to provide a technical proposal covering all aspects of the icebreaker's call.
After liasing with relevant immigration and port authorities, GAC's Murmansk shipping supervisor Denis Palatov arranged two tugs, a pilot and the necessary permissions for the Yamal to leave the base.
The contract also includes provision of husbandry services to the historic floating museum Lenin, the first atomic icebreaker put into service in 1959. The 16,000-ton vessel was laid up 30 years later to serve as a museum ship, but it still remains fully crewed, equipped and operational.
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27 February 2015 - 23:11
GAC starts agency support services for Russian nuclear icebreaker
AS part of a year-long agency support agreement with Russian state enterprise Atomflot, GAC Russia has sent a nuclear-powered icebreaker on its way through the Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia.
WORLD SHIPPING
27 February 2015 - 23:11
GAC starts agency support services for Russian nuclear icebreaker
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