Bids Placed for Novy Port Icebreaker Contract
Seven companies submit bids for contract for Yamal Novy Port terminal icebreaker
The tendering process for the Yamal Novy Port terminal icebreaker design and build contract has kicked off, seeing seven companies submit bids for the project, IAA PortNews reported.
The tender, announced by Vyborg Shipyard entrusted to build the vessels, received bids for the icebreaker’s design and construction from Spetssudoproekt CJSC, Nordic Yards Holding GmbH, Aker Arctic, FSUE Krylov State Research Center, Design Bureau for Shipbuilding “Vympel” OJSC, Marine Engineering Bureau – Design-SPb CJSC, and KhS Morskoye Proektirovanie LLC. The maximum contract price is RUB 74,005,500 ($1.4 million USD), according to the tender materials.
Bids on the lot for elaboration of work design documents, acceptance/delivery documentation, operational documentation and technological documentation for the construction and delivery of the icebreaker were placed by Spetssudoproekt CJSC, Nordic Yards Holding GmbH, Krylov State Research Center FSUE and Design Bureau Petrobalt LLC. The maximum contract price is RUB 246,125,300.
The proposals are to be reviewed on June 2, 2015 with the tendering process to be completed on June 15, 2015.
Two icebreakers based on Aker ARC 130 A concept developed by Aker Arctic will be constructed for assisting the tankers in the harbor and on their route to Novy Port terminal and during loading operations.
The first vessel with similar concept (Aker ARC 130) is currently being built in Finland for the Finnish Transport Agency and will be the first LNG-fuelled icebreaker. The icebreakers for Gazprom Neft will be slightly different as they will not use LNG as fuel and will have a stronger hull and more power than the Finnish icebreaker.