The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first ...

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

Shell bought Russian liquified natural gas shipments totalling 350,000 tonnes which required an escort from sanctioned ...

An investigation has revealed the critical role nuclear icebreakers play in enabling cargoes of liquified natural gas (LNG) ...

Russian officials have stressed there is no threat to the nuclear reactor installation and life support systems on the icebreaker. Initial reports failed to explain the drama, as shown in the ...

A file photo of Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. Major damage was suffered to the upper part of the hull of the vessel after collision with cargo ship Yamal Krechet.

SRK Phoenix belongs to the fifth generation of radiation monitoring systems and has no analogues anywhere in the world. It ...

Terrifying scenes in the Arctic's Kara Sea as a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker vessel crashed into a cargo ship it had been sent to rescue. Security camera footage from January 26 captured the ...

A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker remains in service despite suffering significant hull damage to its bow following a collision with the cargo vessel Yamal Krechet in the Kara Sea. The damaged ...