Yeah you are right Bob, I sailed aboard the Mahinabank and Boularibank. As far as I remember the Boularibank was originally the Norilsk. Great shot nice to see new pictures of this type. There's very very few left, catch them while you can. I can't imagine there being anymore within the next 3 years. A fantastic class which could adapt to almost anything. A modern ship of this type now would be astronomical to build! Cheers for posting, John

One of a series of 19 icebreaking multipurpose cargo ships of type SA-!5 built in Finland by Wärtsilä and Valmet for the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This one was built by Valmet. They were also known as the NORILSK class, after the lead ship of the series.

Sorry Edson I already deleted my comment, but you are welcome.

Thanks for indentification ant IMO.