 Sevmorput in the Baltic Sea in February 2020
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| History | |
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| Name | Sevmorput (Севморпуть) |
| Namesake | Northern Sea Route |
| Owner | Russian Federation |
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| Ordered | 30 May 1978 |
| Builder | Zaliv Shipyard (Kerch, Ukrainian SSR) |
| Cost | US$265 million |
| Yard number | 401 |
| Laid down | 1 June 1982 |
| Launched | 20 February 1986 |
| Completed | 31 December 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 2024 (planned)[2] |
| In service | 1988–2007; 2016–present |
| Out of service | 2007–2016 |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | LASH carrier/container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 61,880 tons (summer)[3] |
| Length | 260.30 m (854.0 ft) |
| Beam | 32.20 m (105.6 ft) |
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| Depth | 18.30 m (60.0 ft) |
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| Installed power | KLT-40 nuclear reactor (135 MWt) |
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Sevmorput (Russian: Севморпуть, IPA: [sʲɪvmɐrˈputʲ], lit. Northeast Passage) is a Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship. The 1988-built vessel is one of only four nuclear-powered merchant ships ever built and, after returning to service in 2016 following an extensive refit, the only such vessel to remain in service as of 2023[update].[5]
- ^ "Севморпуть". FleetPhoto (in Russian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Атомный контейнеровоз «Севморпуть» планируется заменить дизельным судном в 2024 году". PortNews (in Russian). 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Atomic lighter "Sevmorput"". Rosatom. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Как устроен атомный лихтеровоз "Севморпуть" проекта 10081". Media Paluba. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Portnews (1 February 2023). "Nuclear-powered container carrier Sevmorput to make two round voyages between Saint-Petersburg and the Far East in 2023". Portnews. Retrieved 19 March 2023.