The third Icebreakers Festival was held in Saint Petersburg during May holidays at Naberezhnaya Leitenanta Shmidta and Angliyskaya Naberezhnaya. The main Festival events for citizens and guests of the city took place on May 2 and 3. «Mudyug», «Ivan Kuzenshtern», «Kapitan Sorokin» icebreakers, floating museum icebreaker «Krasin» and «Sankt Peterburg» icebreaker designed by Baltsudoproekt CDB (KSRC affiliate) were open for the Festival visitors.

The organizers prepared many surprises for the guests including water tram tours to participating icebreakers from Bolshaya Neva that is usually closed for excursion boats. Moreover, the main stage at Naberezhnaya Leitenenta Shmidta was converted from the open-air theatre into concert stage and talk show studio.

Interactive space near the stage accommodated open-air exhibitions dedicated to the history of icebreaker fleet, presentations prepared by marine universities and museums, pavilions for exhibits of the core industrial companies.

Two KSRC projects were demonstrated at the Festival, i.e. shallow-draft icebreaker of new generation (project 22740) intended for operation in ports of Azov and Caspian seas and conceptual design of 120 mW nuclear-powered icebreaker «Leader» intended for all-year operation at the Northern Sea Route. The exposition captured special attention of the event visitors.

The third Icebreakers Festival was held pursuant to the plan of the events for 2016 elaborated by the Marine Board under the Government of the Russian Federation with support of Saint Petersburg Government and Maritime Council of St. Petersburg Government. This year FSUE «Rosmorport», «Krasin» icebreaker as a part of the Museum of the World Ocean in Saint Petersburg and the Union of social, cultural and civil development of the society «Preobrazheniye» were the main organizers of the Festival.