Finnish shipbuilder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has actually provided one of the most globe’s very first LNG-powered icebreaker to the Finnish federal government.

The shipyard provided the icebreaker Polaris Wednesday to the Finnish Transport Agency, which after that handed the vessel over to Arctia Icebreaking, the Finnish state-owned business that will certainly run the vessel.

The model vessel is created to offer for at the very least half a century in icebreaking, oil healing as well as sea rescue procedures in the Baltic Sea, utilizing both melted gas (LNG) as well as reduced sulphur diesel oil as gas.

The vessel adheres to the global IMO Tier III discharge criteria as well as unique need for Sulphur exhausts in theBaltic Sea The vessel is geared up with 3 360 ° Azipod propulsion devices making it possible for outstanding handling top qualities. The icebreaking capability of Polaris is 1.8 meters at rate of 3.5 knots.

“Icebreaker Polaris is extremely versatile vessel what concerns her technical properties,” claimed Managing Director of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Esko Mustam äki. “She can operate in all ice conditions in the Baltic Sea and use in all circumstances either gas or diesel oil as fuel. We are proud we had this opportunity to build the vessel that will serve the Finnish winter navigation in coming decades.”

Polaris Main Particulars

• Length: 110 m
• Breadth: 24.4 m
• Draught, layout: 8 m
• Speed: 17 kn
• Gross Tonnage: 9300
• Deadweight: 3000 t
• Crew: 16 (+8 )
• Classification: Lloyd’s Register
• Ice course: PC4
• Diesel- electrical propulsion
• Main engines Wärtsilä 2x 6000 kW, 2x 4500 kW, 1x 1280 kW, Dual gas
• Azimuth prop. devices ABB Azipod 2x 6500 kW (demanding), 1 x 6000 kW (bow)
• LNG storage tanks: 2 x 400 m3
• Oil healing capability: 1400 m3
• Towing winch: 300 m, 110 t
• Bollard pull: 214 t
• Icebreaking ability 3.5 kn/ 1.8 m
• Customer: Finnish Transport Agency