Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter September 2014 Arctic PassionNews 2 / 2014 / 8 LNG First Arctic LNG is a Icebreaking Module Carrier clean option trimaran family page 4 page 12 grows page 7 New methods for measuring ice ridges page 16 Ice Simulator reduces risks page 8 Arctic Passion News No 8 September 2014 In this issue Page 2 From the Managing Director From the Managing Director Page 3 Design agreement for Aker ARC 121 Page 4 First Arctic module carrier The year 2014 has been interesting and Page 7 Trimaran icebreaker challenging in many ways. The recent family grows changes in the political atmosphere have also affected the business environment. Page 8 Ice simulator reduces risks Specifically, this also concerns the oil Page 10 New era in Antarctic vessels industry, which is one of the main drivers Page 12 LNG machinery is for the recent icebreaker projects and for a clean option arctic development in general. Page 15 Optimised friction However, we all must hope the situation saves money will not escalate and both developers Page 16 New methods for measuring and operators can continue to work in sustainable way in the arctic develop- ice ridges ment projects. Page 17 9th Arctic Passion Seminar We at Aker Arctic have been very active Page 18 What's up in the projects with our clients. The Page 20 Training programme development of the first-ever arctic class graduation heavy cargo carrier has been a very Coming events interesting project technically. With the shipowner, we have developed a vessel for high arctic requirements and created Announcements interesting technical solutions, all within My first eight months as the managing a very tight time schedule. It is also the director of Aker Arctic have been Jorma Koponen has second vessel of our design to be interesting times, showing all the aspects been appointed Project Manager for constructed in China, and it will result of the business; from the very sad and the Ice simulator. He more co-operation with China in the unexpected accident of our long-time was previously at future as well. colleague Karl “Kalle” Hamberg, but also Navis Engineering Other vessel projects and consultation opening new client relations and projects Oy, where he worked work have also kept our design staff and continually bringing new highly in marketing and busy, and it seems the market activity is skilled staff into our company. The sales of Vessel high, with the ice model testing basin successful services that the company Dynamic Positioning-, Joystick control-, can provide to our clients will be our Remote Steering and Thruster Control having been in full use during the year. main priority, and this further gives us all systems. There has also been continuous research and development where we a good position to look toward the future with high expectations. Anders Mård has have been concentrating on new been appointed services, like the ice simulator, and on Project Engineer in the development of our vessels' fuel the Engineering economy and environmental friendliness. Department. He Reko-Antti Suojanen graduated as Naval Managing Director Architect from Aalto University in 2013 Karl Hamberg in Memoriam and his thesis consi- Our dear colleague and friend Karl Hamberg has passed away. dered the experimental study of the ice- Karl worked all his life in ship design, first at Wärtsilä Helsinki breaking process of an icebreaking trimaran. Shipyard, then at Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Aker Finnyards and since 2006 at Aker Arctic Technology, where he acted as Ilkka Rantanen has Design Manager coordinating the activities of the highly skilled been appointed team of experts on ship design and arctic operations until 2011. Business Develop- Since 2011 Karl concentrated on IPR issues and acted as ment Manager and Design advisor. In his career he participated in the designing, IPR Manager. He will building and commissioning of nearly 50 significant ships. be in charge of IPR He was a great person and his commitment to and excitement and Offshore business about ships and design was exceptional. His kind and elegant at Aker Arctic. He personality was well liked by all his colleagues and we all miss him. comes from STX Finland Oy in Rauma, where he has held several positions in Sourcing, Development and Sales & Front cover: applicability of a new method for Marketing. Earlier in his career he worked Aker Arctic has in cooperation profiling ice formations and brash ice at Hollming Works Group as Business with Meritaito carried out a field channels. This new method combines Development Manager and Workshop measurement research project, with scanning with laser and sonar Manager. the goal being to test and evaluate the instruments. Read more on page16. 2 Arctic Passion News No 78 September 2014 Design and License Agreement for Aker ARC 121 Photo: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Aker Arctic has made the Sakhalin Energy and Sovcomflot have in This new series of IBSBV´s is a further July signed contracts for the construction development of the Aker ARC 105 concept design for the new Ice and long-term operation of the three concept, whilst the design and technical Breaking Standby Vessel multifunctional icebreaking standby parameters of the new vessels were (IBSBV) known as Aker ARC vessels to serve the Sakhalin-2 offshore specially modified to meet the needs of energy platforms. Operations under the the Sakhalin-2 project. 121 to meet the demanding contract will continue for 20 years. The criteria of Sakhalin Energy vessels will be used as year-round "The Aker ARC 121 design is developed Investment Company Ltd. personnel carriers and also as supply to meet the demanding design criteria vessels for offshore platforms in the Sea set forth by SEIC. The final design work (SEIC). Arctech Helsinki of Okhotsk. In an emergency, the will begin this autumn by Arctech Shipyard signed a contract in vessels can be deployed for personnel according to the demands of both the August 2014 with Russia´s evacuation and oil spill response. They owner and operator. Our responsibility will be operating in thick drifting ice for will be to define hull form and conduct largest shipping company ice management and icebreaking in open water tests as well as ice trials Sovcomflot for the building of temperatures as cold as -35°C. The once the vessels have been three of these vessels. They icebreaking capability of the standby constructed," says Maximilian Vocke, vessels is very high; the vessels are able Project Manager at Aker Arctic will be built for the North East to proceed independently in 1.5 metre Technology. Sakhalin Offshore region oil thick ice. and gas field where they will www.sovcomflot.ru, serve the operator of Sakhalin- www.sakhalinenergy.com, www.arctech.fi 2, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (SEIC). The This new series of IBSBV´s is a further development of the Aker ARC 105 vessels will be delivered concept, whilst the design and technical between September 2016 and parameters of the new vessels were March 2017 and the total specially modified to meet the needs of the Sakhalin-2 project and the value of the construction order demanding design criteria is about USD 380 million. set forth by SEIC. 3 Arctic Passion News No 8 September 2014 First Arctic module carrier for Yamal LNG plant Aker Arctic has actively been involved in researching and creating logistic and operational solutions for Yamal LNG since Main dimensions 2010. In addition to developing LNG-carriers, port icebreakers Length 206 6 m. and assisting in designing the harbour of Sabetta on the Yamal Breadth 43 m Peninsula, we have helped in preparations for the new LNG Draught 7 .5 (max 8 m) plant. The plant construction is based on a modular principle, Deck load max 21 800 tons with modules manufactured all around the world, gathered in Flat cargo deck area 7 500 m² Europe and then transported to Yamal. Aker Arctic has recently Propulsion 2 x 12 MW been responsible for designing two Polar class heavy deck carriers for the safe transportation of these modules to the plant construction site. The development work has been carried out in close cooperation with ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services. The Liquefied Natural Gas plant in developed two module carriers, which become too heavy but remained strong Sabetta will be constructed of several can operate year-round in delivering the enough to manage the weight," Project hundred different modules, which are modules to Yamal. These carriers are Manager Mika Hovilainen explains. "The built at different locations around the different from anything designed and ship draught had to be between 8-12 world. These modules weigh up to constructed earlier. They are typical metre s and loading needed to be done 10,000 tons and will be gathered in a heavy cargo ships with a wide cargo regardless of changing tides. European harbour before shipment to deck, but designed for exceptional ice Additionally, we had to take into account Yamal. It will take about four years to circumstances as they need to be able to the Arctic weather and the schedule was deliver them all to the Arctic area. Due to move in the Gulf of Ob round the year in tight. We began the project in autumn the harsh conditions found in the area order to keep the construction of the 2013, construction will begin autumn with temperatures down to minus 40 LNG plant on schedule. The ice class is 2014 and delivery of the vessels will be degrees Celsius for part of the year, no therefore Polar Class 3. at the end of 2015/beginning of 2016.” ordinary vessel is able to take care of "Two of the major challenges in designing Rinse van Lievenoogen, Chief Technical this kind of transportation.