Icebreaking emergency and rescue vessel Baltika

Baltika is an icebreaking multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel for the Russian Ministry of Transport. This innovative icebreaker for oil spill response and rescue operations represents a completely new type of multipurpose icebreaking vessels. The vessel features a patented oblique design with asymmetric hull and three azimuthing propulsors, which allow the vessel to operate efficiently ahead, astern and obliquely (sideways). The vessel is intended to perform icebreaking operations in harbors an