Feature 5 | ARCTIC
Aker Arctic has a long history of building icebreaking vessels, such as MS Fennica, shown here (Credit: Aker Arctic).
• IMO Performance standards for navigational equipment as amended;
Ships and Port Facilities (ISPS);
• IMO Performance standards for radio equipment as amended;
• IEC Publication no.60092 Electrical Installations in Ships; and
• International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling
Systems on Ships. STX Finland has a long experience
in building special purpose icebreaking and ice-class vessels and also has a long history of cooperation with the Russian maritime industry. The company’s shipyards have delivered approximately 2500 vessels to Russia/Soviet Union during the last century. Aker Arctic Technology focuses on
the development of solutions for arctic and offshore vessels. The company has a world-leading facility for ice model trials in the business park of the port of Vuosaari in Helsinki. Deputy minister of transport of the
Russian Federation, Viktor Olersky, mentioned that using such a vessel within the Russian auxiliary fleet in the Gulf of Finland will complement those measures for improving the environmental situat ion in the Baltic Sea region that are already being implemented by the maritime administrations of Russia and of Finland, and will contribute to the solution of the system task to organise an effective monitoring, risk mitigation and rapid response to emergencies. General manager of OAO Sovcomflot,
Sergey Frank, said: “We approach the implementation of this project on the basis of commercial principles and public-private partnership. In agreement with FSUE Rosmorport, OAO Sovcomflot is ready to take over the organisation of technical project management and financing of the project, the construction supervision of the vessel, its further operation and technical management. Taking
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into account the prospective for the development of Russian energy projects on the continental shelf of the Arctic and the Far East seas and the importance attached in the modern circumstances to the navigation safety and environmental protection, we believe that such vessels will be in demand not only in the Baltic Sea, but also in the regions of the Barents Sea and the Okhotsk Sea.” General manager of FSUE
Rosmorport, Igor Rusu, added: “A close cooperation between Russian and Finnish companies and enterprises, having an invaluable experience and using the production capacity of shipbuilding enterprises of the two countries, ensures that the design and construction of such a complex vessel will be organised on a tight schedule. The shipyard will be chosen on the basis of the tender procedures that have been agreed with the parties of this project. However, the priority will be given to the Russian-Finnish partnership.” First deputy general manager of
OAO Sovcomflot, Eugene Ambrosov, said that the shipping companies and the shipbuilding enterprises of Russia and Finland have a long cooperation experience in the implementation of joint innovation projects in the shipbuilding industry. As a result of this cooperation it has become possible
to build a large number of high-tech vessels for various purposes, especially for operation in the heavy conditions of the Russian Arctic seas. The parties of the agreement consider it possible to approve as the basis for further work the vessel layout version, which is based on an innovative project of Aker Arctic and STX Finland. This version is an icebreaker having an asymmetrical hull and three rudder propeller units, with the total propulsive capacity of 7.5MW. The design of the vessel, having the deadweight of about 1450tonnes, would provide for an efficient arrangement of the necessary technological equipment, including tanks for collected oil and chemicals with capacity up to 1500m3. The vessel provides good icebreaking capability in solid ice with thickness up to 1.2m and in the hummocky ice of the Gulf of Finland; this performance has already been confirmed by the results of ice model trials carried out by Aker Arctic Technology together with a working group from the Ministry of Transport of Russia. Sovcomflot Group is one of the
largest infrastructure companies in Russia. Its fleet includes 146 vessels with the total deadweight of more than 10 million tonnes, while the current shipbuilding programme includes 10 vessels with the total deadweight of 0.8 million tonnes. OMT
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