Icebreakers

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Landmark Nordic declaration includes plan for new icebreaker

The vessel will be a heavy polar icebreaking research vessel designed for research, icebreaking, ice management and escort operations in Polar (Arctic and Antarctic) environments. It is also designed and suitable for open water operations world-wide, a description of the ship reads.

It will be about 140 meter long and have a propulsion power of at least 40 MW. On board will be accommodation for 120 people. It will be powered by methanol or biodiesel, and endurance in polar operations is to be at least 100 days.

According to Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director-General at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, construction of the polar icebreaker should being in 2025.

Nothing said about planned delivery date, though.
Anybody want to venture a guess?