Nuclear cargo ship transports freight for Rooppur NPP

Sevmorput, a nuclear cargo ship, transported 1,400 tonnes of breakbulk cargo from St. Petersburg to Nakhodka port of Vladivostok of Russia for the next phase of transportation to the final destination - the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh.

The cargo comprises structural steel and machinery.

Sevmorput took only 22 days for its journey through heavy ice of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), according to a press release.

“The ice conditions in some areas were severe, but thanks to the vessel's outstanding performance and the skilled crew the voyage was successfully completed without any delay,” said Leonid Irlitsa, first deputy director-general for Navigation of Atomflot.

Russia has taken an ambitious plan for the development of the North Sea Route, setting a target of transporting 80 million tonnes along the route by 2024, the release added.

The navigation distance via the Northern Sea Route from a Northwest-European port to the Far East is approximately 40 per cent shorter compared to the route via the Suez Canal.