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With high-capacity icebreakers of high ice class, the envisages, among other things, engineering in Anadyr
probability of failed icebreaker assistance is zero, al- of a coastal radio station for Sea Area A2 of the Global Буксир «Толбухин» вошел в
lowing to avoid the costs of hiring foreign or domestic Maritime Distress and Safety System. Once installed, состав флота ФГУП «Рос-
nuclear-powered icebreakers, the latter owned by At- the station will make the Russian Federation better pre- морпорт» в 2020 году
omflot. pared for its international obligations concerning safe- Tolbukhin tugboat joined the
ty of life at sea, as defined in SOLAS-74. The facilities fleet of Rosmorport in 2020
Northern berths to be integrated into the Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System are going to be designed by Rosmorport
Along with ensuring the safety of navigation, Ros- also for more ports along the Northern Sea Route – Pe-
morport is responsible for maintaining and improving vek and Dikson.
the seaport infrastructure. Its activities in the Arctic
zone include the projects established in the Compre- Russia’s first port
hensive Plan for Key Infrastructure Facilities Mod-
ernization and Expansion 2024, and the Northern Sea An integral element of the Arctic transport system,
Route Infrastructure Development Plan 2035. Arkhangelsk has an important role as a transshipper
One project, Construction of Passenger Ferry Ter- of general cargoes (mainly coastal freight and timber
minal on the Left Bank of the Anadyr Coastal Lake in exports) and Northern Supply Haul transporter of pe-
Ugolny Kopy Village, involves construction of berths, troleum products. Given the country’s plans to build
beach stabilization and onshore facilities. About to more ports in the Arctic, Arkhangelsk can be expect-
be completed soon this autumn is the work to recon- ed to function as a transshipment port for construc-
struct the berths in Pevek, a project designed to refur- tion materials and support cargoes for the northern
bish Pevek’s terminal and increase its cargo turnover to areas. Growth can be expected also in ship repair in-
800,000 tons per year. dustry as new multi-purpose cargo carriers will require
In the seaport of Murmansk, Rosmorport is recon- greater capacity for maintenance and repair. The port of
structing Terminal 2 in Cargo Area 1. Here, the works Arkhangelsk has a good potential to service container
include construction of a mooring post, sewage treat- shipping, but container shippers in the North-Western
ment installations, storm sewers, coal dust suppression Region use mostly the Baltic ports and it is unlikely that
systems, fire extinguishing systems, as well as recon- they can change their established logistics scenarios.
struction of the storage site, upgrading of the lighting Rosmorport office in Arkhangelsk is planning to ex-
system and acquisition of process equipment. pand its hopper dredger fleet. Its three current dredg-
One more project involving Rosmorport is Recon- ers – Severnaya Dvina, Beloe More, and Yury Maslyu-
struction of Beringovsky Seaport, aimed to support kov – are of newest design and going to continue to be
coal exports from Fandyushkinskoye field to the coun- operated in the Arctic ports. In 2021, the company will
tries of Asia-Pacific Region. The project will be a pub- welcome the new Arc5 azimuth tugboat Pomor. Two
lic-private partnership and will equip Beringovsky Port more tugs, Svyatoy Nos (Arc4) and Kanin Nos (Arc4), SOZVEZDYE #37
with upgraded hydraulic structures and more navigable are expected to join the fleet in 2022, to be followed by
water area and approach channel. two Arc6 tugs, Svyatogor and Peresvet, in 2023.
The federally run Promoting the Development of The office in Arkhangelsk has a staff of more than
Seaports is a project that targets to reconstruct the port twenty certified ice pilots who have been providing their судоходство
of Naryan-Mar, where Rosmorport is involved in re- services to Russian and foreign vessels along the North- navigation
constructing of the berthing facilities built in the So- ern Sea Route for about five years now. The majority
viet era and providing dredging operations within the of their ordering shipowners are based abroad. Among
approach channels to ensure uninterrupted supply of domestic customers is Arctic LNG 2, with which Ros-
cargoes to the local population. morport Arkhangelsk has a long-term contract for the
Reconstruction works are in process also as part of provision of pilotage, icebreaking and towing services
Reconstruction of Anadyr Seaport Terminal 7, which in the area of Utrenny terminal of the Sabetta seaport. 23