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Transportation - note Russia, in 3 editions.
The entry for Russia published Transportation - note in 3 editions of 34, from 2022 to 2024. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Transportation - note in every entry.
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- the first edition with it
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- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Transportation - note” (2022 to 2024).
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2024 edition
Rewritten since 2023The same text in 2022 and 2023.
- Russia operates the largest polar class icebreaker fleet in the World with 52 vessels, including the World's only seven nuclear powered heavy icebreakers;
- the primary missions of Russia's fleet includes keeping open the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic Ocean (see Arctic Ocean map) along with Russia's Arctic ports and terminals, maintaining shipping lanes in the Baltic Sea, and supporting ports, terminals, and shipping in the Russian Far East including the Sea of Okhotsk;
- Russia operates seven PC 1 or 2 heavy icebreakers, 31 PC 3 or 4 medium icebreakers, and 14 PC 5 or 6 light icebreakers
- note - PC indicates a Polar Class vessel:
- PC 1 - year-round operation in all polar waters (ice thickness >3 m);
- PC 2 - year-round operation in moderate multi-year ice conditions (ice thickness up to 3 m);
- PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m);
- PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm);
- PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm);
- PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)
Russia operates the largest polar class icebreaker fleet in the World with 52 vessels, including the World's only seven nuclear powered heavy icebreakers; the primary missions of Russia's fleet includes keeping open the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic Ocean (see Arctic Ocean map) along with Russia's Arctic ports and terminals, maintaining shipping lanes in the Baltic Sea, and supporting ports, terminals, and shipping in the Russian Far East including the Sea of Okhotsk; Russia operates seven PC 1 or 2 heavy icebreakers, 31 PC 3 or 4 medium icebreakers, and 14 PC 5 or 6 light icebreakers
note - PC indicates a Polar Class vessel: PC 1 - year-round operation in all polar waters (ice thickness >3 m); PC 2 - year-round operation in moderate multi-year ice conditions (ice thickness up to 3 m); PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm); PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)
- Russia operates the largest polar-class icebreaker fleet in the world with 52 vessels, seven of which are the world's only nuclear-powered heavy icebreakers;
- the primary mission includes keeping open ports, terminals, and shipping lanes along the Northern Sea Route (see Arctic Ocean map), in the Baltic Sea, and in the Russian Far East, including the Sea of Okhotsk
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
Russia operates the largest polar-class icebreaker fleet in the world with 52 vessels, seven of which are the world's only nuclear-powered heavy icebreakers; the primary mission includes keeping open ports, terminals, and shipping lanes along the Northern Sea Route (see Arctic Ocean map), in the Baltic Sea, and in the Russian Far East, including the Sea of Okhotsk
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Russia: Transportation - note.” The World Factbook, 2022–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/russia/transportation-note.