The shipyard Arctech Helsinki Shipyard delivers the ship security, "Stepan Makarov"

June 15, 2017 at the shipyard arctech helsinki shipyard, the solemn ceremony of naming a new ice-breaking support vessel production platforms. The ship was built by order of pao "Sovcomflot" for the project "Sakhalin-2" in the framework of a long-term agreement with the company "Sakhalin energy", the press service of united shipbuilding company (usc). The ship named after Russian admiral and polar explorer stepan makarov, who played a significant role in the history of the Russian icebreaker fleet: it was he who proposed the idea of using icebreakers for the development of the arctic ocean and was directly involved in the development and creation of the icebreaker "Yermak" – the first in the history of the arctic icebreaker. "Stepan makarov" will operate under Russian flag, port of registry – st. Petersburg. The main tasks of the duty officer of the vessel – ensuring the safety of personnel offshore oil and gas platforms of the company "Sakhalin enerdzhi" in the sea of okhotsk, response to emergency spills at sea, and support operations within their technical capabilities. This is the first of three vessels ordered by "Sovcomflot" to work in the framework of the project "Sakhalin-2".

The fourth ship, built by order of the skf for the project, – supply vessel "Gennady nevelskoi" – arrived in sakhalin in april 2017. Agreement between "Sovkomflot" and "Sakhalin energy", signed in 2014, provides for 20-year operation of all four vessels in the framework of the project.