Polaris: World´s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker Delivered
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard delivered the most powerful newcomer in the Finnish Icebreaker fleet, icebreaker Polaris, to the Finnish Transport Agency on September 28th, 2016. The Finnish Transport Agency handed the vessel over to Arctia Icebreaking Oy. The prototype vessel built at Helsinki Shipyard is designed to serve for at least 50 years in icebreaking, oil recovery and sea rescue operations. Previous time an Finnish icebreaker with similar size range was completed in year 1994. Icebreaker Polaris' innovative design is used for the vessel’s hull form and propulsion unit arrangement
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. Using podded propulsion—one pod in the bow, one aft and one on the port side in the aft part of the vessel—the ship can move forwards, backwards and obliquely in ice. The first oblique icebreaker, Baltika, is now undergoing sea trials and will be delivered by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard to the Russian Federal Agency of Sea and River Transport this spring. Baltika will be used in icebreaking, rescue and oil combatting operations in the Gulf of Finland. When moving obliquely, the design also allows the ship to respond to an oil spill by creating a wider area for collecting
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of arctic vessels in the future. Delivering as technically advanced ship as Vitus Bering is, in two years, demands good co-operation skills from the shipyard, client and suppliers. I think we have succeeded well in the project”, comments Esko Mustamäki, the Managing Director of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. The delivery was attended by the top management of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard and Sovcomflot. The flag changing was done according to the traditions and the vessel will continue its travel to Sakhalin from the shipyard. ”Building of NB-506 has been a challenging project
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