https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbvo8qB-wdg The CCGS Sipu Muin is a powerful, heavy hovercraft that is used for icebreaking on hard-to-access areas along the St. Lawrence River where conventional icebreakers cannot navigate. The hovercraft is also equipped as a buoytender, and can be used in search and rescue, environmental pollution response, and navigational aid … [Read more...]
Russian Vessel Convoy Beset in Ice in Northeast Passage
A Russian convoy of two bulk carriers and two icebreakers are stuck in ice in part of the Northeast Passage off northern Russia. The two bulk carriers, the M/V Johann Mahmastal and M/V Sinegorsk were being escorted by the Russian icebreakers Kapitan Dranitsyn and Admiral Makarov when they became beset in ice in the East Siberian Sea off the Chukotka Peninsula, part of … [Read more...]
U.S. Coast Guard Kicks Off Great Lakes Ice-Breaking Operation
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday kicked off its annual icebreaking operation in the Western Great Lakes after a cold arctic blast caused developing ice conditions in the commercial ports of western Lake Superior and the St Marys River. The annual operation, called Operation Taconite, is the Coast Guard's largest domestic ice-breaking operation, encompassing Lake Superior, the … [Read more...]
Modern Cartographers Breaking Arctic Ice
by Lauren Steenson (USCG) Modern day explorers from Arctic nations are setting their sights north to map the seabed and establish sovereign rights to resources in an icy area that just over a decade ago was virtually inaccessible. Coastal nations have sovereign rights to ocean resources that extend 300 miles past the country’s coastline. Under … [Read more...]
World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker Enters Service in Baltic Sea
The world's first LNG-powered icebreaker entered service Tuesday commencing a contract with the Finnish Transport Agency providing icebreaking, vessel assistance, and oil spill response services in the Baltic Sea. The Polaris was delivered in September by Finnish shipyard Arctech Helsinki to Arctia Ltd, another Finnish company … [Read more...]
WATCH: Tour the World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtCwsS25wEM The world's first LNG-powered icebreaker, Polaris, was delivered by Arctech Helsinki to the Finnish Government in September. The ship is designed to serve for at least 50 years in icebreaking, oil recovery and sea rescue operations in the Baltic Sea, using both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulphur diesel oil as … [Read more...]
Arctech Helsinki Delivers World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker to Finnish Government
Finnish shipbuilder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the most world's first LNG-powered icebreaker to the Finnish government. The shipyard delivered the icebreaker Polaris Wednesday to the Finnish Transport Agency, which then handed the vessel over to Arctia Icebreaking, the Finnish state-owned company that will operate the vessel. The prototype vessel is designed … [Read more...]