Safir Arjan: Over 100 ice-class commercial ships to be built for the Northern Sea Route

Alexei Chekunkov, Russia's Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, said work is underway to develop infrastructure along the Northern Sea Route.

Moscow, October 15. /TASS/. Russian Far East and Arctic Development Minister Alexei Chekonkov said more than 100 ice-class commercial fleet ships would be built for the Northern Sea route.

The Minister of Energy said: Four more will be added to the eight nuclear icebreakers we currently have, which is a unique fleet on a global scale, and a commercial ice class fleet with a total of more than 100 vessels will be created.

Chekonkov noted that work is underway to develop the infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route.

This infrastructure is primarily for logistics to ensure that the products of these manufacturing facilities can be delivered to global markets and to enable their manufacture. The key infrastructure project is the development of the Northern Sea Route, but it also includes the development of railways, including the Northern Transverse Railway, the development of inland waterways, the development of our ports, the development of emergency and satellite infrastructure. The fleet itself," he added.