Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter September 2015 Arctic PassionNews 2 / 2015 / 10

Broader horizons with new offices in Russia and Canada Page 2

Baltika excels in ice trials Page 10

Basic design for French New Arctic Aframax Cooperation on Novy polar logistics vessel developed Port project Page 3 Page 15 Page 7 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 In this issue Time to expand

Page 2 From the Managing Director Page 3 Basic design for French Last January, we celebrated ten years as Recently, the world economy has been polar vessel the independent company . experiencing rapid changes in many Page 4 Port ARC 124 The company has been strongly areas, not least in the areas of for Sabetta established on Finnish knowhow in shipbuilding and offshore development. Page 5 Akac acquisition strengthens icebreaking and ice technology, and we Despite that, the development in the icy offshore knowhow have been working from our and seas continues. France is not widely Page7 Cooperation on Novy Port project Turku locations. Now the time has come known as one of the big countries in Page 10 excels in arctic for the company to grow, not only in size polar shipping, but they also have an ice trials but also in terms of broadening our icebreaker, and now they intend to build Page 14 Arctic Aframax for knowhow base. another. It was a good opening when transportation needs Chantiers Piriou shipyard concluded an At the end of May, we were able Page 16 Brash ice management in agreement to design the new polar conclude the acquisition of the Canadian harbour areas logistics vessel for the French national ice expertise company Akac Inc. Akac Page 18 10th Arctic Passion Seminar organisations with us. This vessel will be has been the world's leading consultancy Page 19 What's up delivering supplies to the French bases development company in its specialised Page 20 Summer trip to Turku in 2018. Meet us here field: solutions for arctic offshore operations and ice management. Its In March, the revolutionary oblique roots and operational expertise are icebreaker undertook its first real based mainly on the CanadianA rctic, icebreaking operations in the Arctic, Announcements combined with unique work in early when ice trials were carried out. These production operations in the Sakhalin tests were followed with a lot of interest, Heikki Juvani has joined Aker Arctic area. Secondly, we have always had and also with some nervousness as a project engineer good client relations with Russian regarding how she would actually and will be working on organisations and long-term experience perform. To everyone's satisfaction – and hull modelling and of projects in Russia. We have now the engineers' relief – the icebreaker deck outfitting. He has a B.Sc. in made the decision to open our own actually did much better than expected. machine & production representative office in Moscow. This vessel is unique, and we expect it to technology, as well as open up improved possibilities for many Both of these new locations will enable a specialist qualification in product kinds of arctic operations. development. Heikki previously worked us to provide better services closer to for the Finnish company Sunborn our important clients, and to follow our You can read more about all of these Marine in Malaysia. strong principle of working in close news stories and others in this issue, cooperation with our clients. We believe and do feel free to contact us with any Cayetana Ruiz de this is the best way to utilise our feedback or for any additional Almirón de Andrés knowhow in orderto improve arctic information that may help you in your has joined Aker Arctic as a project engineer operations and different types of activities. in the Offshore depart- icebreaking vessels. ment. She comes from Granada in Spain, where she graduated as a roads, channels and ports engineer. In 2011, she Reko-Antti Suojanen completed her master's degree in integral Managing Director management of ports and coastal zones at the University of Granada.

New office contact Akac Inc. Victoria – Head Office Akac Inc. St. John's details #311, 877 Goldstream Avenue 21 Queens Road Victoria, B.C. St. John's, NL V9B 2X8 , Canada A1C 2A4 Aker Arctic Representative Office, Tel: +1 (250) 477-3887 Canada Moscow Fax: +1 (250) 477-3892 Tel: +1 (709) 579-4647 Glazovskiy Pereulok 7, E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +1 (709) 722-8905 119002 Moscow www.akacinc.com Russia Evan Martin, President Alexander Nemchinov +7 499 241 82 18 Tel: +1 (250) 477 3887 Fax: +7 499 241 86 25 Arno Keinonen, Senior Advisor [email protected] Tel: +1 (250) 213 3992

2 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Basic design agreement for French polar logistics vessel

©2015 PIRIOU – Concept Design Marine Assistance

Aker Arctic and Chantiers The new Polar Logistics Vessel will be National content fulfilled built by Chantiers Piriou in Concerneau, Piriou have signed a contract France, and delivered in early summer "A typical requirement in governmental for the basic design for a polar 2017. It will be deployed to the Indian projects is to use local contractors as logistics vessel, which will be Ocean in autumn 2017 and carry out the much as possible," says sales manager first supply mission to the Dumont Arto Uuskallio from Aker Arctic. "By constructed at the shipyard in d'Urville Station in Adélie Land, offering our technical support during Concarneau, France. Aker Antarctica, in winter 2018. design and construction, a vessel can be The Polar Logistics Vessel is based on a built at a local shipyard that does not Arctic will also provide necessarily have previous knowledge of technical support to the concept developed by Marine Assistance (France). Aker Arctic assisted the ice-going vessels." shipyard during the shipyard in performance calculations "Based on our experience of various construction of the vessel in prior to receiving the order and now the shipbuilding projects, the most important Concarneau, France icebreaking capability will be verified by decisions are made in the early phases model tests at Aker Arctic's ice model of the project. Thus, it would be The new polar logistics vessel will be basin in Helsinki, . During basic beneficial for the success of the project jointly owned and operated by the design, Aker Arctic will be responsible for to have experienced designers involved French Southern and Antarctic Lands developing the hull form, open water from the beginning to get the design (Terres australes et antarctiques performance, performance in ice, moving in the right direction right away. françaises, TAAF) administration, the machinery and winterisation. Corrections can also be made at a later French Polar Institute (Institut Polaire stage, but they are more laborious and Francais Paul-Émile Victor, IPEV) and require more time, increasing the total the French Navy. The new vessel will cost. When we start designing a vessel, replace the existing patrol vessel Aker Arctic will support the we look at the basic facts first: What are L'Albatros and the polar logistics vessel shipyard during the design the requirements, what will the vessel be L'Astrolabe. and construction of the vessel used for and what performance is expected? Then we look at the size of Supplies to Antarctica in the special requirements of the vessel and from there we can give a The new vessel will be 72 metres long building an ice-going vessel. rough estimate of the construction price. overall and have a beam of 16 metres. Fourteen weeks of on-site If we are approached when the budget is The vessel, which will act as both a engineering support in already fixed, there might be logistics ship and a patrol icebreaker, disappointing compromises ahead," can accommodate up to 60 persons on Concarneau, France, is Mr Uuskallio emphasises. board, carry 1,200 tonnes of cargo and included in the contract. accommodate one helicopter. It will also have nominal research features.

3 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Port icebreaker ordered for Sabetta

Model tests, including tests in thick Aker Arctic and FSUE Atomflot have signed an agreement Photo: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard brash ice were carried out at Aker with Vyborg Shipyard JSC to construct an Aker ARC 124 Arctic’s . The testing was port icebreaker to support LNG carriers' operability in the concluded in July 2015. approach channel to the Sabetta harbour and in the terminal of Sabetta.

The harbour icebreaker concept was The brash ice layer is estimated to grow developed in cooperation with JSC to a thickness of up to four metres in Yamal LNG and FSUE Atomflot in order Sabetta harbour. This requires a special to meet operational demands. As the kind of vessel to assist tankers in turning vessel is intended to work inside the and berthing. The harbour icebreaker harbour area, it is a relatively small has been designed to proceed at a vessel, able to assist large tankers in speed of two knots in level ice 1.5 m turning and berthing. thick and at four knots in 5 m thick brash ice in limited water depth. This is a completely new concept with an exceptional hull form and a "The technical demands have propulsion system with four azimuth thrusters: two in the bow and two in the been challenging, but with our stern. Manoeuvrability and operability persistent development work Aker ARC 124 main dimensions are therefore excellent. we have been able to solve Length 89.5 m "The harbour icebreaker is a totally new them," managing director Beam 21.9 m concept especially developed for heavy Reko-Antti Suojanen adds. Draught 6.5 m harbour ice conditions with extensive Deadweight 750 tonnes thick brash ice," says chief designer Ice model testing was conducted in July. Mika Hovilainen. "Some features are We are now finalising the concept Open water speed 15 knots similar to the oblique icebreaker and the design and have made a basic design Bollard pull 115 tonnes new icebreaker for the Finnish agreement with Vyborg Shipyard JSC to Propulsion power 12 MW government, but in this one operability begin construction in 2016. and harbour ice management capability Ice class RMRS Icebreaker7 have been taken one step further.”

4 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Akac acquisition strengthens offshore knowhow

SEIC oil production in spring 2007.

Aker Arctic acquired the Canada-based company Akac Inc. in practical approach and unique June 2015. Akac specialises in tailored solutions for offshore operational expertise in the arctic offshore industry will benefit customers. operations in ice conditions and complements Aker Arctic's icebreaker and offshore design expertise. "What separates Akac from most others is our strong The founder of Akac Inc., Mr Arno combination of ships to any operational background in operations. Keinonen, is originally from Finland and project in ice. This is particularly the case began his career at Wärtsilä Ice Model for challenging arctic offshore The ability to integrate real-life Basin. He founded Akac in 1984, after operations. operational practices into having been in charge of arctic R&D for "Akac was, for instance, in charge of engineering design and Dome Petroleum, the oil company that developing and managing the ice risk of started the arctic offshore work. the only arctic offshore oil production planning allows us to best "Our approach from the beginning was to project in the world that used a floater as serve our clients, and now gain a full understanding of an arctic part of the oil production and export together with Aker Arctic," Mr offshore operation,and this has been the system. Phase 1 of the Sakhalin-2 foundation of almost everything we have project lasted eight years (1999–2007) Martin says. done during the 31 years of our and used a SALM buoy and FSO off the existence," Mr Keinonen says. coast of Sakhalin," Mr Keinonen "We look forward to providing our clients continues. with a full range of ice-related Arctic understanding engineering services, including The inside understanding of arctic Background in operations conceptual and engineering design, offshore operations and their pioneering Akac complements Aker Arctic's model testing, operational planning, field nature is the most fundamental and expertise by bringing direct hands-on trials, and operational support and unique contribution Akac has offshore experience. Some of the key training.” systematically brought to its clients, a services provided are to develop full risk Akac will continue operations in both result of having been so centrally management for arctic offshore their Canadian locations under the involved in a wide range of operational operations, as well as to train people in management of newly appointed projects. safety in arctic offshore operations, company president, Mr Evan Martin. Due to its extensive experience and including ice management and station- Akac's previous owner and founder, Dr strong analytical support, Akac is able to keeping. Arno Keinonen, will remain in the directly benefit client projects by The newly appointed president, Evan company and provide his valuable confidently providing ways to optimally Martin, is confident that the combination knowhow through his role as senior and safely apply an existing ship or of the expertise of Aker Arctic and Akac's advisor.

5 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Key projects Arctic Coring Expedition ACEX was a venture by the International Ocean Drilling Program to extract core samples from the Lomonosov Ridge. The expedition took place in 2004 in water about 1.2 km deep. The operation used the icebreakerVidar Viking as a drillship, supported by Sovetskiy Soyuzand Oden . This operation was a unique challenge due to the constant motion of the polar ice pack. Akac had the rare opportunity to be part of performing this ocean floor coring operation – the first of its kind. The successful operation demonstrated that station-keeping in thick moving ice could be successfully performed. Arctic Coring Expedition in 2004. Icebreakers Vidar Viking, Sovetskiy Soyuz. Stena IceMAX Photo taken from the Icebreaker Oden. A recent project has been assisting Stena in establishing the station-keeping limits of the Stena IceMAX. CSO Constructor – DP in Ice "Akac's operational experience allowed TheCSO Constructor was used to for the development of ice model testing construct the subsea infrastructure procedures for DP platforms that better required for Phase 1 of the Sakhalin-2 represent the managed ice conditions project. It was the first ever dynamically and operational procedures," Mr Martin positioned vessel to operate in ice. Akac says. was responsible for selecting the The work involved multiple series of construction vessel, providing ice model tests, each further refining the management support, and training the scaled environmental conditions and operators of theCSO Constructor , who behaviour of the DP system. Akac's role never had operated in ice before. Icebreaker Smit Sakhalin cutting ice for was to assist in model test planning and CSO Constructor. to analyse the data in a manner that is consistent with how the platform would be operated during actual operations. Sakhalin-2, Phase 1 Documentation of Beginning in 1999, Sakhalin Energy Akac performed ice management contracted Akac to help them to take services for Sakhalin Energy for sixteen Unforeseen Events advantage of the transition periods, from of the fall shutdown and spring start-up Akac's operational experience was used fully operable open water to non- sessions from 1999 to 2007, and was to document a large number of events operable ice covered conditions, at each responsible for a ten-person ice and sequences of events that all have end of the oil production season. Akac's management team. A total of 15 different the potential to be unforeseen to new initial involvement was to upgrade the icebreakers were used as ice operators in ice conditions. The events, design of the SALM buoy and FSO for management vessels in support of this and their possible solutions, will serve to ice performance and ice class operation. Akac also conducted training educate clients about potential designation. Once production started, programs for the crew of all key challenges. It will also allow them to AKAC developed and managed an ice production and ice management team begin to develop operational risk management system that would ensure members, to familiarise them with ice management systems that will permit that the oil production operations could and ice risk management, station- operations to continue safely despite the take place safely and efficiently when ice keeping in ice, and associated planning potential for unforeseen events. was present. and operational decision-making.

Photo left: Mike Neville driving the Svitzer Sakhalin terminal tug in Spring 2007.

Photo right: Arno Keinonen and Mike Neville awaiting trasfer to FSO Okha in Sakhalin in Fall 2006.

6 Arctic Passion News No 10 SeptemberSeptember 2012 2015 Cooperation on Arctic project Novy Port

Novy Port terminal, currently under construction at Cape Kamenny in the southern Gulf of Ob, will be Kara Sea used to export oil from the Taymyr Novoportovskoye oil and Peninsula gas field. Aker Arctic has Sabetta been involved in developing the transport solutions for the oil shipments, including Novy Port icebreakers to secure safe Gulf of Ob operations.

The oil terminal, owned by Gazprom Neft Novy Port LLC, is located near the settlement of Novy Port, some 400 km south of Sabetta, where Aker Arctic is involved in the harbour project as well as “Our extensive know-how in ice were happy to develop the concept the development of double-acting LNG technology has been useful in both the together with experts from Gazprom carriers and the port icebreaker fleet. The tanker development and icebreakers. We Neft," explains Mr Suojanen. area is characterised by shallow waters and harsh winters during which the ice cover can grow up to two metres thick and remain in place for nine months. Two powerful icebreakers Small-scale oil drilling began in Novy The challenging ice conditions The icebreaker represents a further Port in 2012 and indicated that the high- in Novy Port combined with development of the Aker ARC 130 quality oil has low sulphur levels. The concept, which was originally developed plan is to increase the production to 5.5 shallow waters need to be for the Finnish Transport Agency and is million tonnes per year. Full-scale managed. Therefore, we have currently under construction at Arctech production should be ready to begin by developed a new powerful Helsinki Shipyard. In April 2015, 2017. Gazprom Neft Novy Port LLC ordered icebreaker design, Aker ARC two vessels based on the new design In order to transport the oil to market, a from Vyborg Shipyard JSC. loading terminal, oil tankers and 130 A, to support operations in icebreakers need to be constructed. The the terminal. loading terminal will be a tower solution in the middle of Gulf of Ob, where tankers will attach for loading. Samsung Heavy Industries will construct the six tankers for the oil shipments. We have assisted Samsung Heavy Industries in developing the hull form and have conducted an extensive series of model tests for the tankers. We have also developed a new powerful icebreaker design, Aker ARC 130 A, to support operations in the Novy Port oil terminal. "The icebreaker is a new design, which we believe could become a popular new polar-class icebreaker for arctic projects," managing director Reko-Antti Suojanen says. "One of the new features is an azimuthing bow thruster."

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Comparable to Taymyr and Vaygach Project manager Mika Hovilainen highlights that the new icebreakers are comparable to well-known nuclear- powered icebreakersTaymyr and Vaygach in terms of icebreaking capability, but require about 40% less propulsion power. "The new icebreakers are capable of breaking level ice two metres thick with 30 cm snow cover both ahead and astern,” Mr Hovilainen says. The tanker traffic will become intense once the oil terminal is completed, resulting in a large amount of brash ice. The consolidated brash ice cover is estimated to grow to a thickness of up to seven metres, in an area where the water depth can be as little as ten metres. The new icebreakers are designed to operate in these challenging conditions. Their manoeuvrability, which is considered an important safety factor when operating in close proximity to oil Nuclear-powered icebreaker Vaygach escorting Pavel Vavilov from tankers, is also exceptionally good for the port of Sabetta on April 3, 2015. Aker ARC 130 A is designed to such large vessels. operate in the same region where powerful shallow draft icebreakers High ice class are needed. The propulsion system consists of three Low resistance in ice and open water will The technical design work is currently in azimuth thrusters: two in the stern and result in improved fuel economy and its final stages, and construction should one in the bow of the vessel. This reduced environmental footprint. begin in autumn 2015. Aker Arctic will propulsion layout is considered to be "Based on the extensive ice and open support Vyborg Shipyard during the particularly suitable for difficult ice water model testing, the new icebreaker construction of the two vessels, which conditions such as thick brash ice and design will meet all operational are planned to be ready for delivery in ice ridges. Compared to the Baltic escort requirements," Mr Hovilainen says. autumn 2017. icebreaker designed for the Finnish Unlike the Finnish icebreaker, which is Transport Agency, the new vessels are the first icebreaker to use liquefied adapted for operation in the arctic, with natural gas (LNG) as fuel, the increased propulsion power and a higher icebreaking vessels operating in the Gulf ice class. The hull form has also been of Ob will not use LNG because there is optimised to break thick level ice, which no possibility for bunkering natural gas is not found in the Baltic Sea. near the Novy Port oil terminal.

Aker ARC 130 A technical specifications: Length: 122 m Beam: 25 m Design draft: 8 m Deadweight: 2400 tons Open water speed: 16 knots Bollard pull: 200 tons Propulsion power: 21.5 MW Ice class: RMRS Icebreaker8

8 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Model tests for oil tankers

Six double-acting oil tankers have been ordered from Samsung Preparing to test breaking out from the ice channel. Pictured are Mr Riku Kiili Heavy Industries to transport oil year-round from Novy Port to from Aker Arctic and Mr Seung Hyun Lee Murmansk and other destinations along the Northern Sea Route. from Samsung Heavy Industries. The hull form was developed in cooperation with Aker Arctic in addition to five weeks of model tests. Aker Arctic conducted an extensive The tests went well and the customers The tankers are designed to break ice series of model tests lasting nearly five were pleased with the cooperation work 1.4 metres thick at a speed of 3.5 knots weeks for the Novy Port tankers in and Aker Arctic's support. and to withstand temperatures of minus autumn 2014. Two alternative designs The first of the six tankers being built in 45 degrees Celsius. were tested in order to choose the more Korea will be ready in 2016, and all of They are double-acting ships with two 11 suitable one for the working conditions in them will be delivered by May 2017. MW Azipod units in thestern . the Novy Port area. The tankers will be ARC7 ice class In 2007, Samsung Heavy Industries "During the first testing period, we vessels and they will be used to transport delivered the first double-acting carried out all the basic performance crude oil from the Novy Port oilfield near icebreaking oil tanker to Russia's tests to compare the designs and to Russia's Yamal peninsula to the ice-free Sovcomflot, followed by two additional make sure that they fulfilled the Murmansk harbour. The 42,000 DWT tankers. Aker Arctic developed the requirements set by Gazprom Neft," icebreaking tankers will be 249 metres concept design for these tankers. project manager Riku Kiili says. "All long and 34 metres wide. performance requirements were met." "The next testing period focused more on testing operational performance, such as breaking out from the channel, In 2007, Samsung performance in a narrow channel and ice Heavy Industries ridge tests. One key function was to see delivered the first if the tankers could follow the narrow, double-acting curved channel an icebreaker had made. icebreaking oil tanker Gazprom Neft wished to have extensive to Russia's Photo: Sovcomflot OAO operational testing in addition to testing Sovcomflot, followed of the contract performance." by two additional Representatives from Samsung Heavy tankers. Aker Arctic Industries, Gazprom Neft and CNIIMF developed the followed the tests and were actively concept design for involved in testing and evaluating the these tankers. results.

9 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Baltika excels in Arctic ice trials

The world's first oblique icebreaker surpassed all expectations Baltika surpassed all design criteria, even though the ice was stronger than typical when she was tested in ice in March–April 2015. Although sea ice. The oblique mode, which had Baltika was designed to operate primarily in the Gulf of Finland, never been tested before in real life, also she was taken to the Gulf of Ob, where the ice conditions are worked extremely well and the vessel more challenging than in the Baltic Sea, for ice trials. fulfilled all the design requirements.

Baltika's maiden voyage began at her home port, St. Petersburg, on 6 March 2015. While on her way to Murmansk off the coast of Norway, the vessel encountered rough seas and winds up to 30 m/s. The seakeeping characteristics of the oblique icebreaker were good, and the owner was convinced thatBaltika is able to take part in rescue operations even in harsh weather. Ice trials "We departed for the ice trials from Murmansk on 20 March 2015 and sailed around the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya to the Gulf of Ob and close to the Sabetta terminal area," project manager Mika Hovilainen says. "Our purpose was firstly to demonstrate the vessel's abilities Ice trials were conducted in the Gulf of Ob during the worst winter conditions. The during the worst part of the year, and voyage took three weeks in total. secondly to perform official ice trials." The Aker Arctic team consisted of Mika The testing programme consisted of The thickness and strength of the ice was Hovilainen, research engineer Teemu performance tests in three ice measured in the areas where tests were Heinonen, and project engineers Esko thicknesses in ahead and astern carried out using both temperature and Huttunen and Tuomas Romu. In addition, directions as well as in the oblique mode. salinity profiles as well as beam tests. An there were representatives from the Various operational tests were also automatic measurement system was set builders, Arctech Helsinki Shipyard and carried out in order to determine the up to record ice loads on the ship's hull Yantar Shipyard JSC, as well as from the manoeuvrability and operational throughout the three-week voyage, which ship owner. capability of the vessel. concluded in Murmansk on1 0 April 2015.

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The testing programme consisted of performance tests in three ice thicknesses in ahead and astern directions as well as in the oblique mode.

Teemuand Esko are measuring Temperature was about -10 degrees Celsius. Mika Hovilainen measuring temperature and salinity profiles from core the ice thickness. samples in order to determine the flexural In addition to ice measurements, the Aker sideways, the relatively small oblique strength of the ice. Arctic team used a remotely operated icebreakercould create a wide channel quadcopter to record unique video in ice. footage ofBaltika 's journey as well as to "We tested the oblique icebreaking first “We tested the vessel in level look for passages through particularly in ice 10 to 15 cm thick in order to learn ice 40 cm, 90 cm and 1.2 difficult ice fields. The quadcopter allowed how the navigation system works and the team to get an overview of the ice how the vessel behaves," Mr Hovilainen metres thick. She surpassed conditions ahead of the vessel from an explains. "Navis Engineering Oy has the required performance altitude of 500 metres. created a special joystick function to use targets by a great margin in The video footage can be found at with the Dynamic Positioning (DP) https://www.youtube.com/user/akerarctic system for this purpose. The oblique both ahead and astern angle and speed are entered into the directions, even though the ice Oblique mode in real life computer and then the DP system takes strength properties were The oblique mode, which had never been care of maintaining the heading. While tested before in real life, also worked the joystick function worked really well, double the specified ones," extremely well and the vessel fulfilled all we also tried navigating manually but it Mr Hovilainen emphasises. the design requirements. By moving was challenging without any practice.

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Thus, a DP system is essential for Half the propulsion power oblique icebreaking." According to Mika Hovilainen,Baltika 's In ice 40 cm thick, the vessel was voyage to the Gulf of Ob proves the capable of achieving a speed of two exceptional operational capability of the knots when the angle of attack – the oblique icebreaker concept in very difference between course and heading difficult ice conditions. – was 85 degrees. In ice 90 cm thick, a “The vessel was able to operate in ice small oblique angle of about 15 degrees conditions that exceeded the design was still possible. criteria used as the basis of the vessel "The angle can be selected individually; concept.Baltika carried out the same there are no pre-set choices," Mr operations as conventional icebreakers Hovilainen adds. "With a smaller angle of with just half of the propulsion power, as attack, the channel width is reduced but well as performed manoeuvres that are the vessel speed increases – and vice not possible for any other vessel versa.” currently in service.” Rubble clearing and ice management "This is a big step in the direction we performance were also tested in the port want to go: more efficient icebreaking of Sabetta.Baltika demonstrated operations that use less fuel and produce excellent manoeuvrability and capability reduced emissions, thus taking the Baltika carried out the same in both tasks. environment into consideration. This operations as conventional icebreakers concept proves that we have succeeded with just half of the propulsion power, as in reaching a new level of icebreaking well as performed manoeuvres that are efficiency," Mr Hovilainen says. not possible for any other vessel currently in service.

Level Ice Thickness versus Speed Oblique angle versus speed 16 90 80 14 70 26.3.2015, 45 cm Level Ice 28.3.2015, 94 cm Level Ice 60 12 50 Requirement 40 10 Ahead 30 Astern 8 20

Oblique angle [deg] 10

Speed [kn] 6 0 0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 Speed [kn] 4 The oblique angle can be chosen individually ; there are no pre-set choices. The vessel moves more slowly with a wide 2 angle in order to create a wide channel.

- 0 0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 1,2 1,4 Ice Thickness [m] Baltika was teste d in level ice 40 cm, 90 cm and 1.2 metres thick. She surpassed the demands in both ahead and asterndirections . Oblique icebreaker began with an innovation contest The oblique icebreaker more than 40 metres would be concept was the result of an used for transporting oil, internal innovation contest in escorted by at least two the late 1990s. New oil icebreakers due to their large terminals were planned for the size unless other solutions Gulf of Finland, and an could be found. analysis was conducted of how The innovation contest the transport situation in the resulted in the first version of Baltic Sea would develop. The the sideways-moving conclusion was that Aframax- icebreaker. sized tankers with a beam of The first model was constructed in 1997.

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By moving sideways, the icebreaker can extremely well and the vessel fulfilled all Arctic is currently developing. The heavy- create a wide channel for big tankers. The the design requirements. duty oblique icebreaker, Aker ARC 100 first model tests were carried out in 1997 Aker ARC 130 A, the new icebreaker HD, will be updated based on and the invention was patented. The design for the Novy Port project, does not experiences fromBaltika 's full-scale ice decision to build the Primorsk oil terminal have an asymmetric hull form, but trials as well as from the icebreaker was made in 1999, and later that year the otherwise shares a number of features concept for the Novy Port project. oblique icebreaker's hull was updated and with a heavy-duty oblique icebreaker Aker ice model tests continued. Then came the idea to use the ship to help in recovering spilled oil, and the oil spill response patent was received in 2002. Systematic further development took place jointly with the Finnish Maritime Administration, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), ABB and Aker Arctic, partly funded by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation. Decision to construct In 2003, the newly developed project was introduced to the authorities in Finland Technical specifications Three 2.5 MW Steerprop SP60PULL and Russia. The vessel received azimuth thrusters, two in the stern and Built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard widespread attention due to the one in the bow (Helsinki, Finland) in co-operation with exceptional concept, but it was not Shipyard Yantar JSC (Kaliningrad, Dynamic positioning system developed realised until 2010, when Sovcomflot's Russia) by Navis Engineering CEO Sergey Frank finally made the initiative for a memorandum of Based on Aker Arctic's oblique Classification by the Russian Maritime cooperation on the further development of icebreaker design, Register of Shipping with ice class the oblique icebreaker vessel. Aker ARC 100. Icebreaker6 However, the Russian Ministry of Length: 76.4 metres Built-in oil recovery system Transport became the contractor of the Beam: 20.5 metres Owner: Federal Agency for Maritime and ship, and in October 2011 Arctech Helsinki Draft: 6.3 metres Shipyard and Yantar JSC were jointly River Transport of Russia awarded the contract to build the first Diesel-electric power plant consisting of (Rosmorrechflot) oblique icebreaker based on Aker Arctic's three Wärtsilä 9L26 generating sets with Operator: Russian Marine Emergency design, Aker ARC 100. The new oblique a combined output of 9 MW Rescue Service (FGI icebreaker was designed as an icebreaker Gosmorspassluzhba). for the Baltic Sea and especially for assisting large vessels in icy harbours. Yantar JSC manufactured the hull blocks, which were then transported to Helsinki where the vessel was assembled. The world's first oblique icebreaker was ready in May 2014. Prior to delivery, she was Aker Arctic has acquired a remotely tested in extreme conditions including operated quadcopter that can be used waves three metres high in the Gulf of for aerial recording. Unique video Finland. The open water testing exceeded footage of the oblique icebreaker expectations. Baltika's ice trials in the Arctic can be seen at Last winter, full-scale ice trials were https://www.youtube.com/user/akerarctic conducted in the Arctic.Baltika surpassed all design criteria, even though the ice was stronger than typical sea ice. The oblique mode, which had never been tested before in real life, also worked

Project Manager Mika Hovilainen Mika Hovilainen is the chief designer of icebreakerBaltika, the Mangystau series Baltika. He has been involved in the of shallow-draft icebreaking tugs, the design since 2010, when the project for Finnish LNG-fuelled icebreaker, the polar Sovcomflot started with Arctech Helsinki class heavy deck carriers for Yamal, the Shipyard to build the first oblique Sabetta port fleet and the powerful Aker icebreaker. ARC 130 A icebreaker for Novy Port. In Mika has worked at Aker Arctic since addition to working, Mika likes to spend 2006, when he transferred from Helsinki time with his family. He enjoys skiing in Shipyard. He is an expert in special ship winter as well as biking and fishing in design projects, such as the oblique summer.

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The new arctic Aframax has a new modern look.

Specially designed hull strengthening improves safety Arctic Aframax for in operations, which is very important in arctic waters. The hull of the vessel will also be equipped with an Ice Load transportation Monitoring System. needs New features The vessel is equipped with two CP Aker Arctic and Deltamarin have jointly developed a modern propellers and shaft lines connected to Aframax tanker design for arctic use. The combination of slow speed diesel engines providing Deltamarin's expertise in low-cost, energy-efficient cargo redundancy and safety. Optionally, the engines can also run on vessels and Aker Arctic's expertise in arctic vessels has turned LNG fuel. The possibility of a shaft into a very attractive tanker concept. Apart from being ice- PTO/PTI system has also been strengthened and equipped with other novel features, she also considered. "Specially designed hull strengthening has a new modern look and will provide reliable, cost-effective improves safety in operations, which is tanker operations. very important in arctic waters," Mr Kiili adds.The hull of the vessel will be The newly developed arctic Aframax is intended to operate during the equipped with an ice load monitoring tanker is intended for transporting extended summer months on the system. This system measures the ice crude oil and oil products. She is Northern Sea route and, with load on the hull and provides online planned to have a deadweight of assistance, can operate for even support to the officers, ensuring safety in 118,000 tonnes and will be longer. During the winter months, she operations. The system will also help ship strengthened to ice class PC5 can also operate in other sub-arctic sea owners in the longer term by analysing the (approximately equivalent to RMRS areas, such as the Baltic Sea or around data and creating information for optimal category ARC6). Sakhalin. operations. "This means she can work and operate Bow and hull shape have been Winterisation for cold climates has also safely in arctic waters," says Project optimised with the help of CFD tools to been emphasised in all aspects of the Manager Riku Kiili from Aker Arctic. give the best balance of open water concept design. All the equipment should The vessel is capable of breaking over performance and icebreaking work regardless of the outside one metre of level ice continuously and capabilities. temperature.

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Improved bridge design Arctic Aframax 118,000 DWT Crude Oil Carrier Developing an improved command bridge was a particular focus. Project Engineer Antero Jäppinen has been the designer in this area. "The visibility from the new bridge we have developed is excellent in all directions. We have also prioritised ergonomics, including access and passages to command posts. The layout is one type of the standardised bridge layouts developed by Aker Arctic," Mr Jäppinen says.

Technical specifications Main Dimensions: Propulsion Particulars: Lenght over all : 266.0 m Two shaft lines, Breadth 46.0 m 7.6 m diameter controllable pitch (CP) propellers Depth 22.5 m Competitive price and fuel- Draught design 14.8 m Optional: efficient operations PTO/PTI 2 x 2250 kW “The main emphasis has been on Hull and Performance: Transverse tunnel thrusters 2 x 2000 kW developing an arctic Aframax tanker Ice class: PC5/RMRS Arc6 Auxiliary engines 3 x 1800 kW which is affordable to build and cost- effective to use in order to offer improved Lievel cebreaking transport economy. This concept capability: 1 metre continuous Cargo and Ballast Pumps: development will be fine-tuned according Economical open Deep well type to customers' wishes," Mr Kiili explains. water speed:1 3.5 knots

Main Engine Particulars: 2 x low speed MAN 6S60 SMCR, 11 000 kW each

Auxiliary Engines: Abt. 3 x 1 000 kW

Meet Riku Kiili Riku Kiili works with different customer During the past ten years, he has projects and development projects, become familiar with all the different such as the Arctic Aframax and the Ice- areas Aker Arctic is involved in, e.g. DP system. He began his career at model testing at the ice laboratory, ship Masa-Yards Arctic Research Centre hull form design and concept (MARC) and has been with Aker Arctic development, transportation analyses from the start. and innovations, just to mention a few.

15 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 Brash ice management in harbour areas Ice drifting into harbour areas and the formation of brash ice are challenging for winter navigation. Brash ice creates thick sidewalls on the navigation channels. It also accumulates by the pier walls, making it difficult for ships to berth and potentially damaging vessels. Therefore, brash ice needs to be managed. Every time a vessel breaks ice, the Heavily pieces will mix with the cold water and Heavily consolidated Outline of a large ship consolidated freeze again. This causes the brash ice layer of rafted ice ice collar and brash ice thickness to grow, and it will become more difficult to navigate over time. With the formation of brash ice in harbours, the ice consolidates into bigger pieces, which are then pushed against the pier walls when ships approach. An ice collar grows attached to the wall Berth side affecting the berthing. This may become ice accumulation a major problem, especially in situations where positioning accuracy is essential for loading and unloading. Naturally formed Ice rubble level ice "When you break ice, you create more ice," says Cayetana Ruiz de Almirón de Andrés, project engineer at Aker Arctic. Sidewalls of the channel Sea bottom Affecting variables A narrow channel will create more brash To manage all this, brash ice ice. Conversely, if the channel is wide The main variables affecting the brash enough for vessels to move in more management methods are ice growthare breaking frequency , the freely, the ice grows more slowly. This needed otherwise the ice air temperature and the ratio between goes hand in hand with the beam of the formation will keep increasing. beam of the ship and the width of the ship. If the beam is the same width as navigation channel. the channel, more ice will be created. There are three main methods: "The more often the ice is broken, the Air temperature is also a crucial factor. brash ice management thicker the ice cover will become, The colder the temperature, the faster systems, ice management because the blocks mix with cold water the ice thickness will grow as the ice and freeze again," Ms Ruiz de Almirón pieces mixed with water will freeze more vessels or mechanical removal. de Andrés adds. quickly.

The main variables affecting brash ice growth are:breaking frequency , the air temperature, width of the channel and the beam of the ship.

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Air compressor Surface current combined with warm water A brash ice management system (BIMS) consists of a combination of a generated Surface current surface current to circulate the thermal energy and warm water (if available) Rising flow released to the critical zones. The with air Hose benefits are a reduction in brash ice Water circulation bubles cohesion and focused melting in specific locations. This system has been used successfully in Finnish harbours for decades. Twh Flushing the ice Orifice pipe Another possibility is to use ice BIMS working principle management vessels to flush the ice away in harbours and lateral transfer in Working principles: System elements: navigation channels. This helps to clean ¢ Warm water is released close to the ¢ Water intake, boiler house and the ice away, but does not prevent the wharf wall delivery facilities near the berths ice from freezing again. ¢ A pipeline with orifices emits air ¢ Compressed air facilities and bubbler bubbles, raising the flow up to the lines to circulate the warm water for surface effective melting ¢ The bubbler system draws part of the ¢ A Port Icebreaker Tug (PIBT) for thermal energy into the berth area assistance in berthing and departure and turns it into a current underneath (as well as turning in the harbour the brash ice cover basin) of cargo vessels ¢ Additional mechanical removal ¢ Excavators and cranes

Ice channel (reduced rubble thickness)

Vessel Example of flushing method using ice Edge of entrance management vessel to clear the ice. channel Icebreaker Mechanical removal This method of managing ice is a more Ice channel time-consuming option and therefore not as efficient. In this method, the ice is removed with cranes, scoops or excavators. Possible delays or cancellations are Example of lateral transfer During winter, there are added costs for costly, and finally icebreaker assistance using ice management harbour operations due to the presence adds more costs. "Therefore we at Aker vessel in ice channels. of brash ice. Mooring takes more time, Arctic encourage ship owners to solve the fuel costs are increased and rudders are problem and plan for this in advance," exposed to contact with ice. Ms Ruiz de Almirón de Andrés says.

Meet Cayetana Ruiz de Almirón de Andrés Cayetana Ruiz de Almirón de Andrés Before joining Aker Arctic, she worked at works at Aker Arctic as a project the University's hydraulic laboratory engineer specialising in harbour and testing breakwaters and studying the terminal designs. She is originally from morphodynamics of harbour areas. Her Granada in southern Spain and has been biggest passion is backcountry skiing, so in Finland since the end of 2013. She she is not afraid of cold winters. completed her master's degree in integral management of ports and coastal zones at the University of Granada in 2011.

17 Arctic Passion News No 10 September 2015 10th Arctic Passion Seminar

This year's Arctic Passion Seminar celebrated ten years of achievements as an independent company. The latest The highlight of the day was the ice developments in icebreaking, new projects, environmental model demonstration test in our model regulations and updates on new trends were on the agenda. basin. This year, the Baltic icebreaker Aker Arctic Technology Inc was founded Esko Mustamäki, CEO of Archtech Sisu was demonstrated. Sisu is one of the ten years ago; however, we have been Helsinki Shipyard, then presented joint Urho class icebreakers, of which Wärtsilä developing the ice technology business development projects from design to Helsinki Shipyard built five between 1975 for five decades and some of our construction with Aker Arctic, such as the and 1977 employees have been working together oblique icebreakerBaltika and the first as long. Our managing director, Reko- LNG-fuelled icebreaker for the Finnish the Crude Oil Department at Gazprom Antti Suojanen, presented key projects Transport Agency. Neft Trading, presented the main factors from the past ten years while welcoming Representatives of CNIIMF and the of the port project. all guests. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping The afternoon was packed with The Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, (Dr Buyanov, Dr Andryushin, Dr information about the latest Jan Vapaavuori, opened this year's Markozov, Dr Kuteinikov) held an developments in icebreaking vessels for seminar and talked about recent informative lecture on how ice certificates the Gulf of OB (Sami Saarinen, project developments in arctic cooperation. for double-acting ships are assigned . manager from Aker Arctic Technology), He was followed by Philip Adkins, CEO The Ice Navigation Ship Certificate (“ice finite element analysis as a tool to of ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services, who passport”) is intended to establish safe optimise the propellers of ice-going presented the development project of modes of operation in ice-covered waters vessels (Ville Valtonen, project engineer two polar-class heavy transport vessels proceeding from assurance of hull and from Aker Arctic Technology) and a designed by Aker Arctic and currently propulsion complex strength. presentation on multipurpose icebreaker under construction at Guangzhou Aker Arctic follows closely how the Polar operations in the Arctic (Jukka Salminen, Shipyard. The transport vessels will be Code is developing and the impact it will chartering manager from Arctia used for transporting liquefaction have on ship design and construction. Offshore). modules for the LNG plant being Chief advisers Jorma Kämäräinen and The day was concluded by Mikhail constructed at Sabetta for Yamal LNG. Dr Anita Mäkinen from the Finnish Grigoryev, director of GECON, who gave Captain David Burden from the Argentine Transport Safety Agency explained the an update on the assessment of a Navy talked about a new special-purpose safety and environmental regulations of contribution of development of the oil and ship, which will be used for research and the Polar Code. gas fields in the Russian Arctic in the transporting equipment and researchers Novy Port oil terminal, currently under development of the maritime transport to Argentina's Antarctic base. Aker Arctic construction at Cape Kamenny in the system till 2030. completed the concept design in southern Gulf of Ob, will be used to The presentations are available on our February this year, and the ship will be export oil from the Novoportovskoye oil website at http://akerarctic.fi/en/arctic- constructed in China. and gas field. Artjom Tsobanjan, head of passion

18 Arctic Passion News No 10 SeptemberMarch 2015 2015 New offices in Russia and Canada

We have recently opened a Akac Inc.Victoria – Head Office Akac Inc. St. John's representative office in Moscow. #311, 877 Goldstream Avenue 21 Queens Road , St. John's, NL After the acquisition of Akac Inc., we Victoria, B.C. ,, V9B 2X8 Canada A1C 2A4 , Canada now also have two offices in Canada. Tel: +1 (250) 477-3887 Tel: +1 (709) 579-4647 Contact details below: Fax: +1 (250) 477-3892 Fax: +1 (709) 722-8905 E-mail: [email protected] Aker Arctic Representative Office, www.akacinc.com Moscow Evan Martin, President Glazovskiy Pereulok 7 Tel: +1 (250) 477 3887 Alexander Nemchinov +7 499 241 82 18 Arno Keinonen, Senior Advisor Fax: +7 499 241 86 25 Tel: +1 (250) 213 3992 [email protected]

Module carrier at Tuomas Romu OTC Houston

The Aker Arctic team presented the polar class module carrier at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston last May. The vessel will be used for transporting large modules for the LNG plant being constructed at Sabetta for Yamal LNG. The owner, ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services, constructed a unique miniature model made of LEGO blocks.

Baltika's successful ice trials

Our theme for this year's Moscow international oil and gas (MIOGE) event was Baltika's successful trials in arctic ice. She is the first icebreaker that can break ice by moving sideways. Originally designed for Baltic Sea ice, she exceeded all expectations during her ice trials in the Gulf of Ob last winter.

Arctic module carrier launched

The Aker Arctic-designed polar class heavy deck carrier was launched at Guangzhou ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services Shipyard in China in September. The first carrier is expected to be delivered in January 2016 and the second one a month later. The development work was carried out in close cooperation with ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services.

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POAC Trondheim

At the International "Experimental study of the Conference on Port and icebreaking process of an Ocean Engineering under icebreaking trimaran". Arctic Conditions (POAC) in Research engineer Riikka Trondheim, we gave two Matala gave a presentation presentations this year. on "Arctic drillship design for Anders Mård, naval architect severe ice conditions". and project engineer, presented the paper

Summer trip to Turku After the summer vacations, relaxing family time and adventures in foreign countries, it is time to celebrate the return to work and enjoy quality time with colleagues. This year, our teambuilding trip went to Turku, the former capital of Finland. Our ice simulator Turku is located on the coast of South- is installed on two west Finland and features a beautiful ship bridges at archipelago. The Finnish Maritime Aboa Mare in Academy Aboa Mare trains seafarers Turku. We had the here and has installed our ice simulator chance to see how on two of their ship bridges, so we it works. decided to visit them and see how the simulators work. Our next stop was the Sauna is a Finnish shipyard. A year ago, the Finnish state tradition used for and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft relaxation and acquired the entire share capital of STX bonding. We tried Finland. Since then, the shipyard has a smoke sauna, received many shipbuilding orders, e.g. which is an ancient several cruise ships for TUI Cruises and type of sauna Carnival Corporation, and recently an heated up in a LNG-powered fast ferry for Tallink. The special way. two cruise ships for Carnival Corporation will be the first cruise ships powered at sea by LNG. The order book now contains a high workload until 2020. We also visitedTurku Repair Yard , which has one of the largest dry docks in Northern Europe. Close to one hundred relaxation and bonding. A smoke sauna hot enough, the fire is allowed to die and ships visit the dry dock annually. (savusauna ) is the ancient type of the smoke is ventilated out. The stones In the evening, we enjoyed a smoke sauna, which has seen a boom in will keep the heat for hours. sauna and dinner, and we celebrated Ari popularity in recent years. It is a sauna Sipilä's retirement. The sauna tradition is without a chimney where wood is burned "We had a wonderful day with good part of Finnish culture. Sauna is not only in a special stove to heat up stones and weather and interesting visits," says FastScoop was a new used for hygienic purposes, but also for smoke fills the room. When the sauna is management assistant Jana Vamberova. game for many of us. Meet us here!

Aker Arctic Technology Inc’s newsletter We will participate in the following events: ISSN 2342-7965, ISSN 2342-7973 Publisher: Aker Arctic Technology Inc Merenkulkijankatu 6 00980 Helsinki, Finland Neva 2015, St. Petersburg Marintec China 2015, Tel. +358 10 323 6300 22 - 25 September 2015 Shanghai Fax +358 10 323 6400 [email protected] Pavillion 1, Hall F, stand 1 - 4 December 2015 www.akerarctic.fi 1027/6 Editor in chief: Reko-Antti Suojanen Texts by: CS Communications Oy L:ay-out Kari Selonen Printed in September 2015 by Grano

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