# More than 100 ice-class commercial ships planned for Northern Sea Route

https://mins.news/en/item/101495

- TASS, 2026-10-15 13:25 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2202555

> Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said more than 100 ice-class commercial vessels will be built for the Northern Sea Route. Russia’s eight nuclear-powered icebreakers will be joined by four more, as infrastructure work advances on railways, waterways, ports, satellites and emergency-response fleets.