Does anyone know what type of ship is it?

[Cthulhu]

Hi everyone. I don't know anything about ships but I really need to know the name of the ship that is in the picture. Google Images have told me that this is an oil tanker, but I don't know anything more...



Source:https://www.slideshare.net/GyrgyVmos/expedition-to-the-russian-arctic/34

[Bob Scott]

It is a SA15 standard design, icebreaking general cargo ship built in Finland in the 1980s for the USSR.They were also known as the NORILSK class (after the lead ship) and 19 of them were built. This one's name is KANDALAKSHA and it was bult by Oy W

[Bj]

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2582561

[Cthulhu]

Wow, thank you for the answer!

[em777]

I sailed on two of them, fantastic vessels!

[Tuomas Romu]

I wrote an article about the ships in Wikipedia some years ago:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-15_(ship)

We have a very detailed scale model of Nizhneyansk next to my desk at the office, complete with the hovercraft on deck.