Maybe icebreakers will be the vanguard into a new era of US shipbuilding? This article from gCaptain & a DC think tank floats the idea. They also project the possible need for MORE than 40, the number the potus shot out a couple months ago.
I heard you want some icebreakers…
Considering the Finns expertise at building icebreakers I’m glad they are playing on the same team. I searched but couldn’t find the results for the Men’s Members-Guest Golf Tournament at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County but they are claiming a victory.
The Yakutia icebreaker left the embankment of the yard in St. Petersburg on April 4. The voyage goes around Scandinavia towards the Barents Sea and the vessel’s new homeport in Murmansk. Photo: Baltic Shipyard
PS> She passed by outside Ålesund late yesterday.
“Engine factory in Ukraine”?
I thought they had to substitute the Ukrainian steam turbines with ones from a domestic supplier already with Arktika and that was one of the key reasons why the lead ship was delivered almost three years late.
You missed one important word:
Energomashspetsstal is a foundry, not an engine factory. They were supposed to deliver some castings for the Project 10510 icebreaker under construction at Zvezda; I don’t know about their involvement in the Project 22220 built at Baltic Shipyard.
The backup diesel generators for the first three Project 22220 icebreakers were provided by Wärtsilä; for Yakutiya, they had to find another engine manufacturer. However, the engine in the photographs still looks hell of a lot like Wärtsilä 26…
The design contract for the next generation Baltic Sea assistance icebreaker for Finland has been awarded and it’s not hard to guess who will be responsible for developing the concept design.