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==== Atomflot (2008–present) ==== {{update section|date=October 2023}} The management of the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet was transferred from MSCO to [[Rosatom]] in 2008.<ref name="rosatom2008">[http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2008/atomflot_torosatom Rosatom takes over Russia's nuclear powered icebreaker fleet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121114721/http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2008/atomflot_torosatom |date=21 November 2008 }}. Bellona Foundation, 28 August 2008. {{Retrieved | accessdate=2011-11-28}}</ref> In October 2009, the general director of Atomflot announced that ''Sevmorput'' could remain in service for 15 years.<ref name="globalsecurity" /> In late October 2012, it was reported that ''Sevmorput'', which had been lying idle at the Atomflot base outside Murmansk since 2007, had been removed from the Russian Ship Register in July and would be sold for scrap.<ref name="scrap">[http://barentsobserver.com/en/business/no-future-nuclear-powered-container-ship-24-10 No future for nuclear-powered container ship]. Barents Observer, 24 October 2012.</ref> However, in December 2013 it was reported that the decision to decommission the nuclear-powered ship had been cancelled and that the vessel would be brought back to service by February 2016.<ref name="recommissioning">{{cite news|url=http://www.b-port.com/news/item/120892.html|title=Атомный контейнеровоз-лихтеровоз "Севморпуть" будет восстановлен к 2016 году|publisher=B-port.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arctic-lio.com/node/210|title=Nuclear-powered container vessel "Sevmorput" will be restored - Northern Sea Route Information Office|website=www.arctic-lio.com|access-date=18 July 2017|archive-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812143906/http://www.arctic-lio.com/node/210|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://portnews.ru/news/174476/|title=Dock repairs of LASH carrier Sevmorput is over|website=portnews.ru|date=28 January 2014 }}</ref> Following a two-year refit and refueling of the reactor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/russia-send-nuclear-powered-cargo-ship-through-arctic|title=Russia to send Nuclear-powered cargo ship through Arctic|publisher=High North News|date=11 March 2016|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> ''Sevmorput'' left Murmansk in November 2015 for the first time in nine years to carry out sea trials in the Barents Sea.<ref>[http://portnews.ru/news/210709/ Атомный лихтеровоз-контейнеровоз «Севморпуть» 30 ноября прибудет в Мурманск после завершения ходовых испытаний (фото)]. PortNews, 30 November 2015. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry/2015/12/nuclear-powered-container-ship-back-arctic-waters|title=Nuclear-powered container ship back in Arctic waters|date=December 2015 }}</ref><ref name="energycollective">{{cite web|url=http://www.theenergycollective.com/wdavis/2307845/sevmorput-completes-trials-after-overhaul-signs-future|title=SEVMORPUT Completes Trials After Overhaul; Signs for the Future - The Energy Collective|date=31 December 2015}}</ref> Since returning to service in 2016, the world's only nuclear-powered cargo ship has been chartered mainly by the [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Defence]] for transporting cargo related to the development of military infrastructure in the Arctic.<ref>[http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/5223-focus-russia-beefing-up-its-ice-rated-vessel-fleet-in-the-arctic-part-ii.html Focus - Russia's Arctic Fleet]. Navy Recognition, 20 May 2017. {{retrieved|accessdate=2017-07-20}}</ref> In addition, the vessel has occasionally transported supplies for oil and gas projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.portnews.ru/news/276677/|title=Nuclear-powered container carrier Sevmorput to deliver 26,000 tonnes of general cargo to Utrenneye field in the Gulf of Ob|date=8 May 2019|access-date=2 January 2020|publisher=PortNews}}</ref> [[File:Yamal and other Russian Icebreakers (19619184325).jpg|thumb|left|''Sevmorput'' behind the nuclear-powered icebreaker [[Yamal (icebreaker)|''Yamal'']]]] In October 2018, the [[Federal Agency for Fishery (Russia)|Russian Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo)]], Rosatom and various Russian fishing industry organizations began discussing the possibility of transporting Pacific salmon caught in [[Kamchatka]] to western Russia along the Northern Sea Route using ''Sevmorput''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.portnews.ru/news/266609/|title=Regular shipping line can be organized for fish deliveries from Russia's Far East|date=25 October 2018|publisher=PortNews|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> Initially, two test shipments of 5,000{{nbsp}}tonnes of frozen fish from [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] to [[Saint Petersburg]] were planned for 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.portnews.ru/news/282494/|title=Nuclear-powered container carrier Sevmorput to use NSR for fish delivery from Kamchatka to Saint-Petersburg |date=26 August 2019|access-date=2 January 2020|publisher=PortNews}}</ref> but the second voyage was later cancelled after the first voyage turned out to be less profitable than expected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2019/10/second-voyage-fish-cargo-arctic-sea-route-cancelled|title=Second shipment of fish via Arctic sea route cancelled|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=30 October 2019|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> On 21 March 2019, ''Sevmporput'' sailed for the first time from [[Archangelsk]] to Utrenneye (Salmanovskoye) natural gas field at [[Gyda Peninsula]] to transport 17,000 tons of construction goods for [[Novatek]]'s Arctic LNG-2 project. The passage took in total of five days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic-industry-and-energy/2019/03/nuclear-container-ship-sevmorput-sets-course-new-arctic-gas-field|title=Nuclear container ship "Sevmorput" sets course for new Arctic gas field|website=thebarentsobserver.com|date=6 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rosatomflot.ru/press-centr/novosti-predpriyatiya/2019/03/26/11239-ekipazh-atomnogo-konteynerovoza-sevmorput-dostavil-pervuyu-partiyu-gruza-dlya-proekta-arktik-spg-2/|title=Экипаж атомного контейнеровоза "Севморпуть" доставил первую партию груза для проекта "Арктик СПГ 2"|website=rosatomflot.ru|date=26 March 2019}}</ref> The ship completed the same journey also the next year in March 2020, delivering 20,000 tons of goods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2020/03/nuclear-container-ship-sails-gulf-ob-delivers-20000-tons-og-goods-arctic|title=Nuclear container ship sails up Gulf of Ob, delivers 20,000 tons of goods to Arctic natural gas field|website=thebarentsobserver.com|date=27 March 2020}}</ref> While Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers had occasionally operated in the Gulf of Finland, ''Sevmorput''{{'}}s pilot voyage in September 2019 marked the first time commercial cargo was carried to the Baltic Sea on board a Russian nuclear-powered vessel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2019/09/here-comes-nuclear-powered-cargo-loaded-seafood|title=Here comes a nuclear-powered cargo ship loaded with seafood|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=9 September 2019|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> While the vessel later returned to Murmansk, the sinking of [[PD-50|the only Russian floating dock capable of accommodating the vessel]] in November 2018 forced ''Sevmorput'' to sail back to Saint Petersburg for propeller repairs in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2019/12/nuclear-powered-container-ship-sailed-3000-nm-change-propellers-lack|title=Nuclear-powered container ship sailed 3,000 nm to change propellers in lack of floating dock up north|date=15 December 2019|access-date=2 January 2020|publisher=The Barents Observer}}</ref> After transporting a second shipment of fish from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Saint Petersburg in September 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2020/09/sevmorput-sails-northern-sea-route-loaded-only-one-fifth-capacity|title=Sevmorput sails Northern Sea Route loaded to less than one-fifth of capacity|date=10 September 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|publisher=The Barents Observer}}</ref> reportedly on the orders of [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polarjournal.ch/en/2020/05/25/putin-orders-more-fish-transport-via-nep/|title=Putin orders more fish transport via NEP|publisher=Polar Journal|date=25 May 2020|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> ''Sevmorput'' loaded prefabricated building modules for the new [[Vostok Station]] in [[Antarctica]] and departed on 5 October. This would mark the first time a nuclear-powered surface ship would sail to the Earth's southernmost continent. After leaving the Baltic Sea and passing through the [[English Channel]], ''Sevmorput'' headed south along the European and African coasts. However, shortly after crossing the [[Equator]] the vessel unexpectedly slowed down from its usual transit speed of about {{convert|18|kn}} to about {{convert|6|to|7|kn}} and, after sailing back and forth along its past track for a while, changed course towards Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/nuclear-safety/2020/10/back-and-forth-pattern-reduced-speed-russian-nuclear-cargo-ship-steaming|title=Zig-zag pattern. Reduced speed. A Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship steaming outside Africa towards Antarctic attracts attention|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=20 October 2020|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> Although Rosatomflot initially declined to comment the situation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/nuclear-safety/2020/11/mechanical-failure-leaves-russias-new-antarctica-station-stranded-outside|title=Mechanical failure leaves Russia's new Antarctica station stranded outside Angola|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=13 November 2020|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> unofficial reports implied that ''Sevmorput'' lost one of its four propeller blades and divers had to remove the opposite blade to balance the propeller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polarjournal.ch/en/2020/11/17/sevmorput-with-problems-off-angola/|title="Sevmorput" with problems off Angola|publisher=Polar Journal|date=17 November 2020|access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kadara.ru/rossiya/200777-angolskie-nepriyatnosti-arkticheskogo-transporta/|title=Ангольские неприятности арктического транспорта|language=ru|date=17 November 2020|access-date=17 November 2020|publisher=Kadara.ru}}</ref> On 26 November, it was confirmed that ''Sevmorput'' would have to head back to Saint Petersburg for repairs and the construction of the new Vostok station would be postponed to 2021 due to deteriorating ice conditions in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4585715|title=Между учеными и родиной разверзлась лопасть|language=ru|publisher=Kommersant|date=26 November 2020|accessdate=26 November 2020}}</ref> After a winter lay-up, the vessel was drydocked in April 2021 and the repairs were completed in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morvesti.ru/news/1679/90552/|title=На Канонерсом СРЗ закончили докование атомохода "Севморпуть"|language=ru|publisher=Морские вести России|date=13 July 2021|accessdate=7 August 2021}}</ref> Although [[Fatigue (material)|metal fatigue]], foreign object and improper operation were all considered potential explanations, the root cause of the propeller blade failure could not be determined.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4928696|title="Проект будет реализовываться в любом случае"|publisher=Kommersant|date=5 August 2021|accessdate=7 August 2021|language=ru}}</ref> In August 2021, ''Sevmorput'' sailed to Murmansk. After spending two months at quayside,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/nuclear-safety/2021/10/nuclear-container-ship-sails-back-st-petersburg|title=Nuclear container ship sails back to St. Petersburg after only two months in the Arctic|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=21 October 2021|accessdate=25 October 2021}}</ref> the ship returned again to Saint Petersburg to load nuclear power plant components for [[Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant]] under construction in [[Bangladesh]]. The cargo will be shipped to Vladivostok for transshipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/320805/|title=Атомный контейнеровоз "Севморпуть" доставит груз для АЭС "Руппур"|language=ru|publisher=PortNews|date=2 November 2021|accessdate=2 November 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, BSK-Rybnaya Kompaniya chartered the nuclear-powered cargo ship to transport frozen fish from Kamchatka. The first voyage along the Northern Sea Route was scheduled for November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fishretail.ru/news/ribakam-predlagayut-zagruzit-sevmorput-427534|title=Рыбакам предлагают загрузить "Севморпуть"|language=ru|publisher=Fishretail.ru|date=27 October 2021|accessdate=28 October 2021}}</ref> In October 2023, ''Sevmorput'' was one of the ships suspected by Finnish police of possible involvement in damage to the [[Balticconnector]] natural gas pipeline and telecommunication cables that occurred in the Gulf of Finland on 8 October.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Granlund |first1=John |last2=Velizelos |first2=Aris |date=2023-10-18 |title=Finländsk polis pekar ut "intressant" ryskt fartyg – färdades över förstörd svensk kabel |language=sv |work=SVT Nyheter |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/misstankt-ryskt-fartyg-over-trasiga-undervattenskabeln |access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref> However, the anchor retrieved from the seabed next to the damaged pipeline was later identified as having come from the Chinese container ship ''[[Newnew Polar Bear]]'' that sailed alongside ''Sevmorput'' at the time of the incident.<ref name="is24Oct2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000009944331.html |title=KRP: "Vierasesine" on ankkuri, josta puuttuu yksi piikki — kiinalaisalus vaikuttanut vastahankaiselta puhutteluun |trans-title= |language=fi |date=24 October 2023 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |publisher=Sanoma Media Finland |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref> On 24 December 2023, a fire broke out onboard ''Sevmorput'' while the vessel was moored at Atomflot's base in Murmansk. The fire was reportedly contained in one of the vessel's cabins and affected an area of about {{convert|30|sqm|sqft}}, was promptly extinguished, and caused no injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/19620677|title=В Мурманске произошло возгорание на атомном контейнеровозе "Севморпуть"|language=ru|publisher=TASS|date=24 December 2023|accessdate=24 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-briefly-breaks-out-russian-nuclear-powered-icebreaker-2023-12-24/|title=Fire briefly breaks out on Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker|publisher=Reuters|date=24 December 2023|accessdate=25 December 2023}}</ref> According to Atomflot, ''Sevmorput'' is expected to remain in service until 2024.<ref name="outofservice">{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/357279/|title=Атомный контейнеровоз «Севморпуть» планируется заменить дизельным судном в 2024 году|language=ru|website=PortNews|date=8 December 2023|accessdate=8 December 2023}}</ref>
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