Nordic Yards builds ice-tanker for Norilsk Nickel

Keel-laying of the Nordic AT 19 class ice-breaking tanker was held at Nordic Yards (Wismar, Germany) on November 1, 2010. The tanker was ordered by the Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel, the shipbuilding company said. As Nordic Yards owner and managing director Vitaly Yusufov said speaking at the keel-laying ceremony, he sees the demand for icebreaking ships to increase in connection with the development of the Arctic.
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Source: Portnews