Kuzey Star Shipyard, located in Istanbul's Tuzla district, has signed a contract with Atomflot, a ship operator that is a subsidiary of Rosatom in Russia, to build a floating port for nuclear icebreakers. Atomflot announced in a statement regarding the contract that an agreement was reached with the Turkish shipyard Kuzey Star for the construction of a floating port project that will serve nuclear icebreakers and will be built within the framework of Project 22220.
The statement indicated that the project, including the delivery to Murmansk, the northwest port of Russia, will be completed in a total of 29 months. The floating port, which is planned to have a carrying capacity of approximately 30,000 tons and a crew of 30, will accompany icebreakers carrying raw hydrocarbons in Arctic conditions throughout the year. The contract signed between Atomflot and Kuzey Star Shipyard for the construction of a floating port that will serve ships capable of breaking up to 3 meters of ice in the Arctic region was announced to be worth 5 billion rubles ($69 million).
The floating port, which is planned to be 220 meters long and 48 meters wide, will be constructed under the scope of the contract. Mustafa Kaska, the General Manager of Atomflot, who made a statement about the matter, said, "The signing of the agreement is an important step in implementing the coastal infrastructure preparation program for the maintenance of universal nuclear icebreakers in the 22220 project. The Turkish shipyard has the necessary qualifications and a good reputation in the shipbuilding market. According to the terms of the agreement, the construction of the floating port, including delivery to Murmansk port, will take 29 months.
