Baltic Shipyard has installed electric motors on the nuclear icebreaker Leningrad, enhancing its propulsion system for Arctic navigation.
Baltic Shipyard has completed the installation of electric propulsion motors on the nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad, reports Saint Petersburg's PortNews.
Specialists loaded and installed three units: two on either side and one in the center of the vessel. Each motor weighs 300 tonnes and has a capacity of 20 MW, forming part of the propulsion system that converts turbine-generated electricity into mechanical energy to drive the propeller shafts.
The Leningrad is the sixth Project 22220 nuclear icebreaker under construction at Baltic Shipyard for Rosatom. The keel was laid in January 2024, and work continues on hull formation and equipment installation.
Project 22220 icebreakers are the largest and most powerful in the world, designed to ensure year-round navigation in the western Arctic. They feature dual draft capability, allowing operations in deep seas and Siberian river mouths.
The vessels can break a 40-metre-wide channel through ice up to three metres thick. Key particulars include a length of 173.3 metres, a beam of 34 metres, a displacement of 33,540 tonnes, engine power of 60 MW, a cruising speed of 22 knots, and a service life of 40 years.
