... In September 2011 Arctia Offshore Ltd. was awarded a contract with major oil company to assist their project in the Alaskan waters with our multipurpose icebreakers MSV Fennica and MSV Nordica (Figure 1). Customer campaign is carried out in environmental sensitive area and rules in Chukchi Sea...

.... The development of modern navigation in the icy waters started seriously during the second half of 19th century. People started truly to look for the passages both to the East and West through the North. The first icebreakers were built late 19th early 20th century. In those days icebreakers had just stronger...

... ice management test icetech14-130-rf jukola page number crp propulsor development icebreaker propeller hi 0 propulsor oblique icebreaker thrust crp propulsor CRP Propulsor Development for Arctic Vessels Hannu Jukola Steerprop Ltd Rauma, Finland [email protected] Markus Niemi...

... of time, the needed suite of tools required for ice management including monitoring, forecasting, maintaining situational awareness, icebreaker fleet deployment and operational decision-making. This paper presents an actual, well-documented Beaufort Sea mid-summer ice intrusion scenario against which we...

... Lloyd’s Register (LR) is currently developing requirements for icebreakers. In support of this activity, a series of work programs have been undertaken to ensure alignment with current and future industry application. The work programs includes a re-evaluation of the classed fleet; a series...

... demand increased presence of government vessels capable of operating in the high Arctic in order to provide security and emergency services. The US Coast Guard (USCG) has a long history of operating icebreakers in Polar regions and its design practice employs a rational engineering approach supported...

... safety of similar operations. subsea system risk management upstream oil & gas pioneering operation beaufort sea platform martin information oil production keinonen page number operation icetech12-153-rf consequence ice drift icebreaker ice management operator safety ice...

... The report contains a short history of the nuclear fleet, and it shows its contemporary condition. There are arguments supporting the necessity of using nuclear power plants on the Arctic icebreakers, especially their significant autonomy and economic efficiency. The maneuverability capacities...

... This paper provides an overview of the status of affairs and activities currently going on in the Russian Arctic. It covers issues such as: delimitation of the Arctic shelf; operation of the nuclear icebreaker fleet; development of oil and gas deposits in coastal areas and in the Barents...

... characterization marine transportation ice type ship concentration nwp heavy lift vessel ice condition multiyear ice module northwest passage ice numeral transit icebreaker shipping safety control zone herschel island deadweight capacity arrival date The Transportation of Large Modules through...

... & gas constructor pioneering operation page number oil production sakhalin 2 ice condition operation procedure pack ice icetech10-112-rf keinonen icebreaker ice management vidar viking risk management system operator cso constructor safety ICETECH 10 Ice Risk Management...

... floe information ice condition algorithm arctic operation icebreaker iceberg satellite ice floe ice edge satellite image richard hall real-time ice information Notes on the paper: Supporting Arctic operations with real-time ice information from satellite images Richard Hall Kongsberg...

..., in particular, is developing the Varandey terminal. Lukoil has ordered one dedicated icebreaker and one icebreaking standby/supply ship from Keppel Singmarine. The icebreaker is capable of operating independently in the ice conditions. Built to RMRS LL7 notation, its main function is to perform ice channeling...

... The Sakhalin2, phase 1 project by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (SEIC) has operated 9 years with the support of Beaufort Sea icebreakers and traditional Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) escort icebreakers. This resulted in a comprehensive risk control system as well as successful oil...

... exploration british columbia arctic region floating platform operation offshore ice management effectiveness prediction ice thickness akac inc icebreaker ice management ice forecasting ice offshore Ice Management Effectiveness Predictions Evan H. Martin AKAC Inc. Victoria, British Columbia...

... asset and portfolio management upstream oil & gas reserves evaluation marine transportation electric propulsion ship ice load variation ice condition propulsion system torque operation load variation propulsion unit mv norilskiy nickel requirement azipod unit icebreaker propeller...

... A new type of drillship and floating production platform concept has been has been a developed by the author. This is based on lessons learned from azimuth thruster icebreakers and lessons of station keeping with dynamically positioned and moored vessels in real life operations. The new concept...

... requirement box keel raytheon polar service company arrangement icebreaker New Generation Polar Research Vessel Richard P. Voelker, U.S. Maritime Administration, Washington, DC, USA, [email protected] Alexander Sutherland, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA, [email protected] Harold...

... Propulsion model test results of the USCGC Healy are reported here and correlated with full-scale data. The design requirement for the Healy was for “continuous icebreaking at 3 knots through 4.5 ft (1.37 m) of ice of 100 psi (690 kPa) strength”. The full-scale trials were designed to test...

... Year-round oil transportation by ships from the north-western Russian Arctic areas requires a transport system that can achieve a regular and reliable transport under difficult ice conditions. The tankers and the assisting icebreakers must be designed for operation under severe Arctic conditions...