Akademik Fedorov
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Akademik Fedorov
- IMO number
- 8519837
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 12,660
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 142 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1987
- Builder
- Rauma-Repola
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Akademik Fedorov
RV Akademik Fedorov (Russian: Академик Фёдоров) is a Russian scientific diesel-electric research vessel, the flagship of the Russian polar research fleet. It was built in Rauma, Finland for the Soviet Union and completed on 8 September 1987. It started operations on 24 October 1987, in the USSR. The ship was named after a Soviet polar explorer, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences Evgeny Fyodorov, who worked on the first Soviet crewed drifting ice station North Pole-1. Research vessel Akademik Fedorov participated in MOSAiC Expedition in 2019-2020 supporting and resupplying the main research icebreaker Polarstern, and also held a six-week course for 20 students for MOSAiC School 2019.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Akademik Fedorov now?
- Akademik Fedorov has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Akademik Fedorov?
- Akademik Fedorov is a research vessel, built in 1987 by Rauma-Repola. The vessel is 142 m long and has a gross tonnage of 12,660.
- Has Akademik Fedorov been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Akademik Fedorov appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).