When the ship makes its first commercial voyage, slated to begin in Ferbruary 2016, it will be the only atomic-powered commercial cargo ship in service.
Never intended to be commercially profitable, the Sevmorput was a project of the former Soviet Union, designed to ensure reliable year-round service to ports in the Russian arctic.
The ship, which is owned by state nuclear ship authority Atomflot and last operated by the Murmansk Shipping Co, was designed to carry either 74 cargo lighters or 1,328 twenty foot containers.
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