Our activity covers practically all problem investigations on the development of technical means in the area of ice navigation. The laboratory plays a leading role in the feasibility study, construction, tests and mastering in operation of icebreakers and icebreaking cargo ships of the Russian Arctic fleet.

PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT: Forecast of the development of icebreakers and cargo ships Search for non-conventional facilities of the icebreaking Feasibility study and optimization of principal parameters of ships and icebreakers Mathematical modeling of the ship motion in ice

DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS OF THE FLEET: Expertise of icebreaker and ship designs Ice Certificates and Interim Recommendations on Ice Safety Acceptance and trials of new ships Mastering in the operation of newly built ships (analysis of navigational conditions, statistics of damages) Proposals for the improvement of existing ships and correction of those being constructed

RULES, REQUIREMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS: Participation in the development of regulations for navigation on the Northern Sea Route and freezing ports of the Russian Federation Technical and operational requirements to perspective ships Requirements to strength, propulsion and manoeuvrability as well as to propeller-rudder units and other means increasing the icebreaking capability Recommendations for the selection of hull lines, ice class and power of ice-going ships

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY: International shipping research projects INSROP, ARCDEV and ARCOP Unified IACS requirements, IMO Guidelines for ships operating in Arctic ice-covered waters and HELCOM recommendations on winter navigation in the Baltic Sea Development of technical means for the exploration of hydrocarbon deposits on the shelf of Arctic seas Consulting services to foreign shipbuilders, ship-owners and oil&gas companies

      The experience for 30 years of active scientific investigations, gained unique academic and practical knowledge, numerous engineering developments, systematic model and full-scale trials of ships in ice allow the laboratory to be at the forefront of the world icebreaker-building.