Yamal
nuclear-powered icebreaker · Russia
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Yamal
- IMO number
- 9077549
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Vessel type
- nuclear-powered icebreaker
- Gross tonnage
- 20,646
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 150 m
- Beam
- 30 m
- Year built
- 1992
- Builder
- Baltic Shipyard
- Registered owner
- Atomflot
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Yamal
Yamal (Russian: Ямал) is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker operated by Atomflot (formerly by the Murmansk Shipping Company). She is named after the Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Siberia; the name means End of the Land in Nenets. Laid down in Leningrad in 1986, and commissioned in October 1992, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, she filled her designed role of keeping shipping lanes open and also carried passengers on Arctic excursions. In July 1994 Yamal took an excursion to the North Pole, with the NSF (National Science Foundation – US), to celebrate the official maiden voyage. While at the exact North Pole (verified by GPS & Inmarsat satellite coordinates) the crew and passengers celebrated with a barbeque – the ambient temperature was −23 °C (−9 °F) (wind gusts were measured at −40 °C (−40 °F)).
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Yamal now?
- Yamal 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 Yamal?
- Yamal is a nuclear-powered icebreaker sailing under the flag of Russia, built in 1992 by Baltic Shipyard. The vessel is 150 m long with a beam of 30 m and has a gross tonnage of 20,646.
- Who owns Yamal?
- Yamal is registered to Atomflot. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Yamal been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Yamal appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).