New Staff and New Innovations See Page 2

Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter February 2012 Arctic PassionNews 1 / 2012

New staff and new innovations see page 2

First oblique icebreaker under construction page 3

Canada builds polar icebreaker page 5 Improving ice-class tankers Tanker development in recent years on page 6

New tools for ice monitoring Page 12 Knowledge transfer at AARC Arctic Horizons project on page 16 Arctic Passion News February 2012 The Polar Code is needed urgently

The IACS members have been working Last summer 41 vessels passed through for practically two decades in developing the Northeast Passage (Northern Sea “harmonised” rules for vessels trading in Route), carrying a total of 834.931 tons polar waters. The topic of safe navigation of commercial cargo under seven in those waters was finally considered to various flags. The Russian authorities' be of such importance that the issue was minimum requirement for these voyages raised to IMO for creation of general is a Baltic Ice Class IA, by definition Viljami Karhu in Memoriam guidelines and finally - as a made for passage in a channel made in After a sunny September weekend we consequence of the sinking of MS 0.8 metre thick ice. The transit season in returned back to work, to hear the sad Explorer in Antarctica - a mandatory 2011 lasted from late June to the end of news that one of our youngest Polar Code. November. employees, Viljami Karhu, passed away due to a long lasting serious illness on The preparation of the mandatory Polar On April 14th at 23:40 a hundred years 15.09.2011. Viljami had been working in Code was started at IMO in 2010. will have passed since Capt Edward J Aker Arctic since spring 2009. He worked Between February 13th to 17th, 2012, Smith directedSS Titanic to the fatal besides his studies assisting in ice model the IMO DE 56 meeting made some collision with an iceberg off testing. We remember him as a hard progress, but unified understanding was Newfoundland. Have we learnt anything? working person with a great sense of only achieved on a few details and the Every year we see hundreds of large humour. existing correspondence group will need non-ice class cruise ships calling in We will all be missing him. to continue with further preparatory work. various icy fjords in Alaska, Greenland As a result of the situation the target date and Antarctica. Announcements for the Code was postponed for two Aker Arctic is undertaking serious work in more years. developing and making sustainable, safe The fundamental difference between the and economic operations possible in Kari Laukia so far leading Baltic ice class regime and polar waters. The shipping community, Design Manager. the planned new Polar Code unfortunately, is still lacking proper Kari transfers to us requirements is that a future vessel's ice guidelines for safe access to these from Kone Marine class will not automatically guarantee areas, thus endangering innocent people Elevators and has a vessel performance, but only the basic and risking to make the work of strong background hull and propulsion integrity and safety. responsible developers and industry null in Arctic shipbuilding, The intended performance level and its and void in the case of a serious earlier designing implications on the class to be selected accident in the near future. propulsion systems will become the responsibility of the The Arctic Council has already reached a for ice going vessels and later by deve- Owner. This approach will better allow loping propulsion units e.g. the Azipod. treaty on joint search and rescue in the the Owner to make a realistic risk Arctic waters. What we urgently need is Annu Oikkonen assessment and to optimise new vessel a well prepared and enforced Mandatory Ice Physicist. Annu concept designs to meet his actual Polar Code! graduated from needs. However for this approach the University of Owner should be capable of defining his Helsinki 2008 with intended operation areas and seasons geophysics as her and fully understand the risks of main subject. navigating in such icy waters. Mikko Niini Before joining AARC she was working on her PhD in the department of physics with special interest in Arctic sea ice.

Karl Hamberg Karl Hamberg has chosen to work part- time and has given room for Kari Laukia as Design Manager while continuing with AARC as Senior Adviser, Ship Design and IPR. Source: An Bord magazine

Topi Leiviskä Front cover AARC has continued Aker Arctic Technology Inc’s newsletter Publisher: Manager of Re- developing the Icebreaking Trimaran Aker Arctic TechnologyInc search and Testing concept.Model tests have shown the Merenkulkijank at u 6 00980Helsinki, Finland Services. Topi has potential of the Trimaran concept also Tel. +358 10 670 2000 been working at for arctic waters.Annu Oikkonen and Fax +358 10 670 2527 [email protected] AARC since 2008 as Kari Laukia acquainting themselves with www.akerarctic.fi a Senior Research the newest model. See also page 17. Editor in chief: Mikko Niini Texts by: CS Communicat ions O y Engineer. Lay-out: Kari Selonen

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2 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Breakthrough for oblique icebreaker concept

The first unit of the Aker Arctic company and co-owner of Arctech. The outfitting and finalizing of the vessel will developed Oblique Icebreaker be done by Arctech in Helsinki. concept has been ordered by the Russian Government from Completely new technology Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. This new and unique multipurpose emergency and rescue icebreaker Oil spill combat represents a completely new type of Aker Arctic and its predecessors have icebreaking and oil spill combat worked intensively in development of a technology. The vessel features a revolutionary new icebreaker concept patented oblique design with an sets run by STX diesels have a total that despite its small size can create a asymmetric hull and three Steerprop wide channel and provide a solution for output of 9 MW. The total propulsion oil spill combat in harsh environmental pulling azimuthing propulsors, which power is about 7 MW. conditions. Last fall Arctech Helsinki allow the vessel to operate efficiently Shipyard was awarded a contract to ahead, astern and obliquely (sideways). “Oil combat in ice conditions is one of the build the first multipurpose emergency The vessel can proceed in typical Baltic major challenges for the international oil and rescue vessel for the Russian Sea ice conditions in continuous mode in industry. After many years of Ministry of Transport based on this ARC 1.0 meter thick level ice both ahead and development work the oblique icebreaker concept represents a breakthrough 100 concept. Arctech was awarded the astern and in oblique mode she will be contract together with Yantar JSC. The approach for the solution,” says Mikko able to generate a 50 meter wide Niini, Managing Director of Aker Arctic. value of the contract is about EUR 76 channel in 0.6 meter level ice. million. “We are now developing the concept The vessel will be used in icebreaking further and introducing the improved The project was kicked off immediately operations and emergency towing of ARC 100 concept in March at the and the vessel will be delivered in vessels and floating facilities. It features London workshop of International December 2013. The hull of the vessel a very advanced oil recovery system Association of Oil and Gas Producers, will be built in Kaliningrad by Yantar suitable for operation even in heavy which is planning to establish a multi- shipyard, which is one of the yards waves. The vessel measures 76,4 million dollars development program for belonging to United Shipbuilding meters in length and 20,5 meters in mechanical spill recovery in ice Corporation, a Russian state-owned breadth. The three main diesel generator conditions.”

3 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Towards Arctic LNG One of Aker Arctic's main ongoing works recently has been for OAO YamalLNG,a joint venture between Novatek and the French Total S.A. (20%), which has engaged AARC in the planning of LNG production and transports from their very rich Tambey gas field on the eastern coast of the Yamal Peninsula in the village of Sabetta.

In the first phase Yamal LNG hired CB&I Lummus to conduct a Pre-FEED with the aim of studying the overall viability of the idea and the alternative options available. In spring 2010 AARC was hired to support CB&I by studying the various shipping alternatives, ship types, capabilities of the upgraded 170.000 m³ forthcoming shipbuilding and ship ship sizes and possible locations of the vessel concept, powered by the newly operation international tenders. Tendering export terminal. Also some new and developed Aker Arctic Hybrid DAS™ phase will take place later in 2012. updated environmental information, propulsion solution with one large centre especially on the ice conditions, had to propeller and twin azimuthing pulling be collected to be certain of the design thrusters. This will give the vessels a basis requirements. These were performance securing independent gathered by AARI of St. Petersburg with operation with a minimum 5 knots AARC's participation during winters 2010 scheduled speed. and 2011. AARC now continues with adaptation of Development of LNG LNG driven machinery for ice operation together with Wärtsilä and ABB, creating carriers practices and equipment for the ice In the FEED AARC has been working management in the terminal area, directly with Yamal LNG in further performing the conceptual development development and optimisation of the of the LNG fuelled channel management The Aker Arctic Hybrid DAS™ hybrid LNG carriers for the challenging Arctic and terminal icebreakers and assisting propulsion performed well also in shallow route from Sabetta in the Ob Bay over Yamal LNG in preparations for the water brash ice. the Kara Sea to the markets. First a generic 200.000 m³ vessel was created flag and made it in record 6,5 days at a and model tested. The first iteration Novatek sent nine 14 knot average speed. showed that the size of the first option tankers on Northern The regular use of the NSR has had to be modified and in July the tests established this route as an economically verified the good performance and Sea Route in 2011 viable alternative to the existing routes In November 2011 OAO NOVATEK through the Suez Canal and the Strait of announced that the Aframax tanker MT Malacca. The Northern Sea Route will "Perseverance", had passed through the also be an integral part of the Bering Strait into the Pacific Ocean and development of NOVATEK's Yamal LNG thus became the company's ninth large- project providing transportation routes for size tanker in 2011 using the Northern both LNG and stable gas condensate. Sea Route. In 2011 the Aker Arctic DAS™ Novatek also established a new record “Zapolyarny” passed through the NSR in for the longest use of NSR during a September independently carrying an single year, June to November. During export nickel cargo from Dudinka to the period, NOVATEK transported China, with return to Dudinka on AARC participated in April 2011 in a trial approximately 600.000 tons of stable gas November 24th. These have led OAO cargo shipment from Arkhangel to condensate to consumers in South MMC Norilsk Nickel to consider building Sabetta arranged by OAO Yamal LNG. Korea, China and Thailand. Two of the a larger Aker Arctic DAS™ type vessel The SA-15 class cargo vessel Kapitan tankers, belonging to Neste Shipping's “Leader” with the NSR ice conditions as Danilkin was escorted by nuclear Palva-class fleet, sailed under Finnish a design basis. icebreaker Rossiya.

4 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Canada to build polar icebreaker Aker Arctic participates in the design of the Canadian Coast Guard's new polar icebreaker. The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Official Languages and Regional Minister for British Columbia on Friday February 3rd announced on behalf of Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women an important step forward for Canada's Northern Strategy: selection of the designers for the Canadian Coast Guard's future Flagship, the Polar Icebreaker, CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. Design team Aker Arctic is a member in the team led Vancouver, defending Canada's Arctic The new vessel will replace the CCGS by local STX Canada Marine that has sovereignty in the North.” Louis S St-Laurent as the CCG Flagship. been awarded the contract to design the The polar icebreaker will be designed to new polar icebreaker for the Canadian Boost to marine industry accommodate 100 personnel with space Coast Guard. The awarding of this 9.5 M The polar icebreaker will be named after for 25 additional people and have the CAD contract formally launches the former Prime Minister. It will be able to ability to break through 2.5 meters of ice detailed design effort for the Polar operate autonomously for 270 days in at 3 knots. Icebreaker. Expected to take 18-24 the Arctic, over a larger area, and in months to complete, STX Canada more difficult conditions than any of Experienced partners Marine Inc. will, based on the conceptual Canada's current icebreakers. The new STX Canada Marine will be supported in design produced by the Canadian Coast icebreaker will be delivered to coincide the Polar Icebreaker Design project by a Guard, advance the design work to the with the decommissioning of the CCGS team of highly experienced partners point where a comprehensive design Louis S St-Laurent in 2017. The Polar including Aker Arctic Technology (AARC), package can be provided to Vancouver Icebreaker is one of the vessels included SNC-Lavalin, INDAL Technologies and Shipyards Co. Ltd. to build the vessel. in the National Shipbuilding Procurement Noise Control Engineering. Aker Arctic “I am pleased to announce that the team Strategy (NSPS) Non-Combat contract will provide their world leading at STX Canada Marine Inc. of Vancouver awarded to Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd icebreaker design and construction is taking on this important project,” said in October. The vessel will, therefore, be expertise to the project. Aker Arctic's Minister Moore. “This project is yet designed and built in Vancouver. The main roles will be assessment of the ice another example of our Government's project will provide a significant loads, development of the hull form and commitment to support jobs and growth, economic boost to Canadian marine structure, propulsion conceptual design and we look forward to seeing the industry and west coast shipyard and descriptions on winterization Diefenbaker, designed and built in workers and marine related companies principles. in particular.

Canadian Coast Guard on the design of Arctic Offshore the Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (OOSV) and with the Department Patrol Vessel to be of National Defense on the design of the Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPS) in built in Halifax which AARC also participated. STX Canada Marine (previously On January 12, 2012 Irving Shipbuilding Kvaerner Masa Marine) is a naval at their Halifax Shipyard facility architecture and engineering services concluded an agreement in principle to company with offices in Vancouver and build Canada's combat vessels under the Ottawa. For almost 30 years they have National Shipbuilding Procurement been providing ship design and Strategy (NSPS). Irving Shipbuilding is engineering services nationally and privileged to be poised to negotiate the internationally. In recent years, they have combat vessel contracts, commencing had the privilege of working with the with the Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessels.

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Improving ice-class tankers

Vessels waiting for The maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea was icebreaker assistance in the seriously affected by difficult ice conditions during Gulf of Finland in winter the winters of 2010 and 2011. News on nearly 200 2011. vessels trapped in ice for weeks spread around the world and the question was raised again, what ice capabilities should ships have when sailing in classification regulations by allowing for the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland? assignment of an ice class notation based on model test results. There was a fear that the rule formulas, which required In the end of 1990's, Russia made the mainly for Baltic Sea conditions due to a power of about 22-25 MW, would be too strategic decision to build the Primorsk the delay of oil production in the Arctic. costly to fulfil and therefore there was a terminal and to start shipping oil bound Temperaand Mastera were designed to risk that low ice class ships would enter for destinations in Europe from the new operate independently with an the Baltic Sea at winter time and the port located in the eastern part of Gulf of icebreaking capability of more than 1.2 environmental damage risk would Finland. At about the same time, oil meters of level ice with a power of 16 increase in case of an accident. Typically production in Sakhalin started where ice MW. They entered service at the end of Aframax tankers have a power of about conditions are similar to the Baltic Sea, 2002 and in the cold winters of 2003 and 13-15 MW. especially close to De-Kastri. There were 2004 both ships worked independently in As a consequence, reduced power levels not enough ice strengthened tankers the Baltic Sea, mainly between Primorsk for large ice class tankers were accepted available for oil shipments in these areas and Porvoo oil terminals, while other ice and an ice strengthened ship could have at that time so charter rates climbed into strengthened tankers were trapped in ice a chance to get ice classification by the skies and a boom to design and build and unable to move without icebreaker demonstrating in model tests the ice Aframax-size tankers begun. assistance. going capability at 5 knots speed in an ice Aker Arctic Technology Inc developed the Change in regulations channel specified by the regulations. Double-Acting Ships for Neste Oil, first Several tankers were then built with ice During this time, the Finnish and Swedish intended for arctic use but later the strengthened hulls but with bulbous bows authorities decided to ease ice decision was made to design the vessels designed for open water.

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The AARC designed Double- Acting ship MT Tempera operates independently regardless of the ice situation.

In this way a slightly modified standard open water design can be used, and savings on ship prices are achieved, but the drawback is that the engine power/ propeller design might not be optimal for economical fuel consumption in either open water or ice,” Tom Mattsson, R&D Manager Test Services at AARC, points out. During several winters there was not enough ice on the Baltic Sea to cause any problems, but the winters of 2010 Typical bow shapes of ice strengthened tankers and 2011 showed again the value of ice going capabilities. Dozens of tankers, 120 cargo ships and passenger vessels were trapped in ice and waited up to two A weeks for icebreaker assistance. Delayed 100 schedules end up very expensive and B cause problems with imbalance in stocks, congestions in terminals, not to mention 80 the capital cost of the valuable cargo tied up during the waiting times. A C 60 B Improving tankers C During the past five years, Aker Arctic has made significant efforts in helping 40 improve ships that were built in order to obtain ice classification with good ice 20 performance along with a low investment cost. “During the boom, many low-cost tankers 0 were built. They obtained ice A B C Bow version classification but in reality they were in trouble in ice,” Tom Mattsson says. The bow form improvement in modifying a bow “For example, if the bow is of open water shape of a standard bulbous bow tanker design, it will push the ice in front and the ship looses speed, and a poor propulsion line design causes the ship to finally stop. By making relatively small changes in the bow design so that the ice moves easier to the side, this problem can be solved. where the channel resistance has been During the past five years, Aker We have done lots of systematic ice decreased by more than 30 %. Now we model tests for vessels with a challenging Arctic has made significant have cooperation agreements for design where we changed the bow and developing arctic tankers with several efforts in helping improve ships other parameters in order to improve ice shipyards so that problems can be that were built in order to obtain going capabilities, and good results have avoided in the future.” been achieved ice classification with good ice performance along with a low investment cost.

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Mr. Tom Mattsson is a member of the Research and Development team at AARC.

Propulsion solutions “The normally used propeller engine combination, slow speed engine in “We are also in the process of combination with a direct shaft line and a propeller with fixed pitch blades, often developing a Combibow that creates problems in ice. This kind of works well in both ice and open propulsion is often optimized for the water. There is a requirement service speed (14-15 knots), and at from the market to invent lower speeds it is not able to absorb full power. Close to bollard pull the power solutions that are economical to might be as low as 30-40 % of full power use in both,” Mr. Mattsson and that gives low available net thrust reveals. when it is needed,” Mr. Mattsson explains. 160 One solution to improve the thrust at low speeds is the Controllable Pitch 140 CP Propeller Propeller. With the CP propeller solution 120 the engine is able to create full power at Fix propeller the whole speed range while the 100 propeller blades constantly optimize the 80 angles. It is a bit more expensive as an 60 investment and to use in open water but gives a much better chance to manage 40 in ice conditions. The net thrust with CP 20 propellers can be up to 50% higher in typical ice going speeds than with a 0 poorly designed fixed pitch propeller. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aker Arctic has conducted several Speed, m/s monitoring studies on Primorsk traffic which have also shown the benefit of the The difference in the thrust curve of a fixed propeller and a CP CP propellers, the assistance time these propeller is shown in the picture. Maximum generated power of vessels needed is about half of those both versions is 14 MW. with fixed propellers. The trafficability studyclearly shows the assistance time needed for different Average assisted time types of propulsion. It is to be noted that 16 DAS vessels did not need any 14 IC ball ast assistance in winter 2004 at Baltic Sea. load ed “The most efficient propulsion for ice 12 DAT IC going ships is the azimuth thruster, as it 10 is designed to move in astern mode in IB FPP IC ice and will have at least as good ice 8 IB going capabilities as conventional 6 IC tankers when going ahead, but then the 4 CPP IC CPP& investment and operation costs are often IA higher,” Mr. Mattsson admits. 2 IA Icebow IA DAT 0 New options 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 Aker Arctic is always preparing for the P/dwt [kW/ton] future and developing better solutions. One of them is the AARC-developed Vertical thruster; with this water flushing Aker Arctic has conducted several monitoring studies on Primorsk system the ice is moved to the side. traffic which have also shown the benefit of the CP propellers, the Originally it was developed for floaters assistance time these vessels needed is about half of those with and drillship use in drifting ice, but could fixed propellers. be a solution for standard ice class The traffic ability study shows clearly the assistance time needed tankers in order to increase ice going for different types of propulsion. Notice that DAS vessels did not capability. It might even be possible to need any assistance. Winter 2004 Baltic Sea. retrofit vertical thrusters on existing

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The estimated total power at 5 knots speed in Finnish- The estimated relative total power at 5 knots speed in Finnish- Swedish Ice Class Rules 1A channel Swedish ice-class Rules 1A Super channel

[%] [%] 350 250 300 200 250 348 200 Calculated 150 Calculated Original Hull 150 100 219 Original Hull 100 Water-blow 100 Water-blow 100 50 50 89 79 0 0 Relative power Relative power

The total power reduction benefit with the help of the vertical thruster system in unfrozen and consolidated channels is up to 20%. The channels are defined by the Finnish-Swedish Ice Class Rules.

AARC has made a wide range the Baltic Sea, will be more self-going in “When the Arctic oil fields increase ice and more fuel economical to use. production, there will be a need for more of tests for various shipyards. AARC's target is to develop a concept tankers for Arctic use. Now there are five Open water ships were that works well in ice and is economical ships built for Pechora and Varandey and improved to manage ice in open water, without too high it will not be enough. The following boom investment costs. STX Offshore & will come when drilling north of Alaska circumstances in the Baltic Sea Shipbuilding of Korea has expressed gets the green light. Ice there is up to 2-3 without compromising open interest in offering such AARC- metres thick and includes multi-year ice water efficiency. developed tankers to the market. floes so the tankers for that area will “The operator always needs to balance indeed be more in the need for an vessels. Model tests with a standard investment with risk. How much is it icebreaking bow, 40-50 MW power and tanker have demonstrated an increase of worth to invest in ice going features, as Hybrid Aker Arctic DAS™-stern,” Mr. ice going capabilities of more than 10 % the Baltic Sea is open for ten months a Mattsson adds. and for IA Super class of more than 20%, year and the problem is during 2 meaning similar energy and fuel cost months? Is it worth taking the risk to be savings. trapped in ice and delayed?” “We are also in the process of developing a Combibow that works well Maritime traffic was seriously affected by in both ice and open water. There is a record tough ice conditions in the area requirement from the market to develop outside St. Petersburg last winter. solutions that are economical to use in Dozens of inbound and outbound both conditions,” Mr. Mattsson reveals. vessels waited for icebreaker assistance. Icebreakers from other areas Next generation were called in to help; one of them was Looking to the future, Mr. Mattsson the Finnish-built nuclear powered IB believes the next generation of tankers, Vaygach, the icebreaking capability of which will replace the existing ones in which was developed by AARC.

9 Arctic Passion News February 2012 6th Arctic Passion Seminar

Following the success of previous Passion Seminars, Aker Arctic invited offshore and shipping industry key customers and friends to attend the sixth annual Arctic Passion Seminar in Helsinki in the beginning of March. The event gathered leaders from different parts of the world for a day of networking and sharing experiences.

Minister Alexander Stubb opened the day and emphasized Finland's commitment to active but sustainable developments for the Arctic. Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb (today Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade) opened the day recalling to the auditorium the Rovaniemi Process led to the establishing of the Arctic Council, describing Finland's initiatives among others for a high-level Arctic Summit as well as the recently adapted Arctic Strategy of Finland, which emphasizes Finland´s commitment to active but sustainable developments for the Arctic. Then followed the keynote speech about today's Arctic offshore challenges in Russia, where Mr. Mikhail Grigoryev emphasized the long term perspective and some technology gaps in the Frederic Hannon (left) of Total SA and Viktor Rokhlin of Sovcomflot (left) and Göran utilisation of the arctic hydrocarbon Robert Tustin of Lloyds Register Asia Wilkman of AARC celebrated 30 years resources in Russia. anniversaryof their joint ice trials of IBs Mr. Dauren Madin, Chairman for Circle Kapitan Nikolayev and Kapitan Dranitsyn in Maritime Invest in Almaty talked about the Kara Sea in 1981. the Kashagan Project and North Caspian Developments and especially about the role of Caspian Offshore Construction, which very recently had taken deliveries of the first “Mangystau” class Aker Arctic- developed ARC 104 icebreakers from STX OSV Braila shipyard. The day was filled with interesting topics such as discussions on the Mandatory Polar Code, class rules for future Arctic tankers, demonstration model tests and examples of voyages on the Northern Sea Vyacheslav Peresypkin, General Director of Göran Wilkman (left) in discussions with Henrik Route. Read about the interesting voyage CNIIMF,St. Petersburg, was congratulated Hannus of Aker Solutions, Catherine Jahre- of SCF Baltica on the next page. for his 80th anniversary. Here with Mikhail Nilsen of Statoil and Leo Barendregt of Spliethoff. Grigorev of GECON and Ilmari Aro of Finnish In the background Olli Kaljala of Bureau Veritas, Transport Agencey in the background. Lasse Mäkelin of ABB and Andrew Bush of ExxonMobil Development Co (to the right).

10 Arctic Passion News February 2012 SCF Baltica, a first- step in regular oil products trade to Asia

Mr. Sergey Frank, President and CEO for The vessel chosen for the voyage was Sovcomflot, is very enthusiastic about the SCF Baltica, an Ice Class 1A Super new Finnish-Russian c ooperation which (Arc 5) shuttle tanker. Here escorted by Source: includes joint development of ship Russian nuclear icebreaker Rossiya. SCF Unicom designs for Arctic energy projects.

One of the main topics during available search and rescue facilities and With the promising results from the the 6th Arctic Passion Seminar ability to render emergency assistance. voyage, SCF adjusted their programme “The vessel chosen for the voyage was for commercial voyages for 2011 and was the Northern Sea Route, the 117.000 tdw “SCF Baltica”, an Ice 2012. its opportunities and its Class 1A Super (Arc-5) shuttle tanker ”We are proud to have the best fleet challenges. Mr. Sergey Frank, with engine power of 22.600 hp, service available for harsh ice conditions. Our speed 14 knots and cargo parcel 70.000 three Panamax-size tankers designed by President and CEO of tons of gas condensate. We also chose AARC are used for shipping oil in Sovcomflot told about the trip the best professionals for the crew and a Varandey without problems. The new one of their tankers made from very experienced Ice Management oblique oil spill combat icebreaker has team,” Mr. Frank told. great potential in areas where there is Murmansk to Cape Dezhnev in Normally all areas eastwards of risk for pollution e.g. Yamal. AARC is the August 2010. This first Murmansk are excluded from insurance leading organization in its business area “opening” has already led 41 but “SCF Baltica” was granted coverage and we are very enthusiastic about the other ships to follow. during the NSR passage as she has new Finnish-Russian cooperation,” Mr. been designed and built for trading in Frank concluded his presentation. SCF is a global leader in energy shipping heavy ice conditions. and strategically positioned to provide seaborne services for Russia's growing Voyage summary offshore activities in the Arctic. The “SCF Baltica” left Murmansk on the 14th company wanted to make an experiment August 2010. In Kara Sea she faced no on the Northern Sea Route because of ice. Reaching the Yamal Strait there was practical requirements of clients and the tough ice and between Cape Zhelanya logistical potential of the route. and Vilkitsky strait she was accompanied Risk factors identified by icebreaker escort until Longa Strait. The estimated average speed between Prior to directing the bow to the north a Vilkitsky Strait and Longa Strait was 7.5 risk assessment was carried out and knots but the achieved speed reached major risk factors identified: vessel's 8.7 knots. construction, machinery and equipment; “The voyage went well and the vessel's ice going ability with and without During 2011 a new route North of the experience and statistical data collected icebreaker support; weather and ice New Siberian Islands was established, forecasts and transit window selection; will assist in optimisation of future where the water is deep enough to logistical solutions for the Arctic. The reliability of available hydrographical accommodate tankers with draughts of sailing time compared to the Suez Canal data; aids to navigation performance; over 12 metres, and for the first time in is 40% shorter and resulted in 800 mt available communication facilities and history, the route was navigated by the fuel savings and reduction in CO2 reliable communications in high latitudes; Sovcomflot tanker Vladimir Tikhonov, a emissions by 3000 mt,” Mr. Frank said in crew experience in arctic ice navigation; Suezmax ice class 1A vessel with a summing up the benefits. additional training requirements; deadweight of over 160.000 tons.

11 Arctic Passion News February 2012 New tools for Ice monitoring AARC conducted ice monitoring in the Northeast Caspian Sea during last winter. Partnering with a local environmental company in Kazakhstan, AARC investigated ice conditions in a new area as a preparation for a client considering starting operations in the area.

At AARC ice data has been gathered for many years by doing ice expeditions and sampling ice on the spot. This is still very necessary for new areas to be exploited, but relatively good and cost effective results can also be achieved by remote long-term measurements. Last year was Underwater sonars were installed at two different sites in the Caspian Sea. the first time when monitoring with both Picture Pekka Kosloff. satellite images and underwater sonars and fragile area which needs to be were used simultaneously by AARC. The third reason is governmental mapped out before starting any operations. The ice monitoring project New services requirements, for instance Russia requires measurements from several AARC undertook in the Kazakhstan “We develop our services all the time different years before any permits are waters was divided into two parts: and this is something new we can offer given. AARC has been involved in this satellite image analyses and underwater our customers. Remote measurement process for example in the Shtokman ice profiling with bottom-mounted over a long period is a good addition to and the Barents Sea areas. upwards looking sonar moorings. AARC our existing tool kit for customers teamed up with the Finnish “Last winter's ice monitoring gave a good wanting to have ice condition evaluations Meteorological Institute, one of the world before starting to plan operations, ” says overall picture on how the ice evolved leaders in ocean and ice monitoring as and moved during one winter. From a Mr. Mikko Elo, Project Engineer at well as in satellite image interpretation. researcher's point of view, the best AARC. For the underwater ice profiling AARC combination would be to have sonar decided to cooperate with Canadian “Technically a similar method is to use measurements over a longer period, laser profiling from helicopters or company ASL Environmental Sciences, laser profiling from a bigger area but a which makes instruments for measuring airplanes, which we have done before for shorter period, satellite images for a example in the Barents Sea, Pechora ice thickness and movement and longer period and short calibration ice prepares corresponding analysis reports. Sea and Kara Sea. It gives good data of measurement on the spot for a few the ice surface profile for a certain time consecutive years,” Mr. Elo ”The underwater sonars were installed at but does not tell us what is below the recommends. two different sites in November 2010 and surface.” taken up again in April 2011. The satellite Oil companies need to have an Combining two methods supervision lasted from December until understanding of ice conditions for The North Caspian Sea has one of the April. The data gathered from the sonars several reasons. One reason is to be largest offshore oil discoveries of this was then combined with data from able to plan the right equipment for decade. With its shallow waters and operations. Another reason is to ensure harsh ice conditions, it is a challenging safe operations in the fragile polar areas.

Typical sea ice draft and velocity time series in the Beaufort Sea in an area of about 200 m water depth. Ice draft and velocity are recorded with moored upward looking sonar and ADCP. Data from National Snow and Ice Data Center.

12 Arctic Passion News February 2012 satellite images in order to get a full Good results ”By combining these two methods, the understanding of the ice situation, ice “The underwater sonars measured water picture of one winter is good. In order to thickness and ice movements during the reach a better understanding of the winter,” Mr. Elo explains. current, ice movement and ice thickness yearly variation, the same should be The Finnish Meteorological Institute was profiles. The data from both locations is done for a few consecutive years. For responsible for the satellite images. very similar, which means that the results even better results, I believe an ”For these we used three types of are reliable and can be extended to expedition to the area should be done to satellite images; all available MODIS cover a bigger area. Analysis of the data measure and sample the ice. Then also satellite images (visible light instrument), gathered by the sonars gives a good data from mechanical properties of ice SAR images (Synthetic Aperture Radar) picture of the ice thickness and ice and structure of the ice ridges would be and high-resolution visible FORMSAT-2 movement. We were able to identify the available. It would give us a reference satellite images. The first purpose was to size of the ice ridges. From the satellite value to compare with satellite and sonar have a general overview of ice images we get an overview on how the measurements.” conditions over the entire area. The winter proceeded in the area,” Mr. Elo second purpose was to study the extent tells about the results. of the ice coverage and ice concentration, and the third purpose was Satellite image of to monitor ice ridges, and especially the Caspian Sea grounded ridges. From the images areas from the MODIS with ridges could be seen around areas instrument. of interest,” says Mr. Ari Seinä, Head of Picture Ice Research, Finnish Meteorological NASA/GSFC, Institute. Rapid Response.

company ten years ago. He is responsible for the company's ice database and also participates in ice model testing and projects related to ice management and dynamic positioning in ice as well as theoretical calculations for shipbuilding. Mikko graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology and spent one year of his studies at the University Centre in Svalbard specializing in arctic marine Mr. Mikko Elo works as a technology. project engineer at AARC and started his career in the

FMI and AARC partner in Arctic research

The Finnish Meteorological Institute is a was responsible for the satellite data and leading expert in meteorology, air quality, also participated in deployment and climate change, earth observation, recovery of bottom-mounted sonar marine and arctic research areas. The moorings in the Caspian Sea. main objective is to provide the Finnish ”The cooperation with AARC was very nation with the best possible information good for us as we could both widen our about the atmosphere above and around knowledge area and explore a new place Finland, but FMI also offers expertise for us, the Caspian Sea. We are happy services for commercial use. to continue with new challenges with AARC has been cooperating with FMI on AARC,” says Ms. Riikka Hietala, Head of earlier projects, e.g. on Yamal Peninsula, Marine Technology Services, FMI. where the customer needed to find out At the end of last year FMI inaugurated locations for a potential harbour, and this its own satellite image receiving station Riikka Hietala and Ari Seinä are working was done by field measurements and in Sodankylä, North of Finland, which with arctic research at The Finnish satellite data based study. further enhances FMI´s abilities in this Meteorological Institute. In the Caspian ice monitoring project FMI area.

13 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Expanding into ice propulsion From August Mr. Kari Laukia has been the new Design Manager at Aker Arctic Technology Inc. He is responsible for engineering and consulting and continues the work of Mr. Karl Hamberg, who stays with AARC as part-time Senior Advisor, Ship Design and IPR. Mr. Laukia has a strong background in design and project management and thirty years of experience in the shipbuilding industry, especially Arctic vessels. This gives AARC new opportunities in the ice propulsion business area.

Nuclear icebreakers involved in developing, for example, a with an ice model testing facility (called ”I started my career as a propulsion series of river icebreakers and became WARC) was one of the business units design engineer at the Helsinki Shipyard gradually the chief designer for this area. responsible for developing Arctic in the beginning of the 1980's. I One important project going on at that solutions. Kari Laukia became the chief graduated from Lappeenranta University time was developing the Taymyr nuclear designer responsible for developing of Technology in 1984. At that time, there icebreaker for a Russian customer,” Mr. propulsion units for arctic ships. Masa- were many ship prototypes on order, Laukia recalls. Yards continued the business after which was really exciting for a young Wärtsilä stepped out from shipbuilding ® engineer. I started with propulsion Azipod creation and Mr. Laukia started to develop the dimensioning and vibration calculations Wärtsilä Marine was founded in 1987 azimuthing propeller unit today known as especially for ice going ships. I was and Wärtsilä Arctic Sea Transportation the Azipod®.

Kari Laukia was part of the project team that developed Taymyr nuclear icebreaker for a Russian customer in 1980s.

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“I was responsible for the technical Mr. Laukia led the development work for the development. We saw the potential of azimuthing propulsion unit today known as the product and started to develop it for the Azipod®. commercial use. A large TEKES and “Uikku was a huge leap in this technology Eureka-project with partners from and development of Azipod business. We different parts of Europe was created in could not just scale the design up because order to secure enough resources and the jump from first prototype 1,5 MW unit to the best available technology at that 11,4 MW heavy ice class unit was huge. By time.” using the best technology available in the As a result of the success with the market we were able to achieve all our goals prototype the first contract was realised in the project,” Mr. Laukia says. After 20 with Nemarc Shipping Company and the years vessels such as Varzuga are still tanker Uikku became a piloting project trading successfully in the northern waters. with an 11,4 MW propulsion unit with high ice class. Kari Laukia was The U.S. polar icebreaker Healy. responsible for the project. Results from Mr. Laukia and his team used the the piloting project were excellent so a experience of Taymyr design and new business unit called Kvaerner-Masa operation when designing the Azipod was created and Mr. Laukia propulsion system for this ship became the Design Manager of the unit which was built at Avondale shipyard in the U.S. in charge of design and delivery projects. ”We started to sell Azipods together with ABB and the breakthrough came when Carnival Cruise made an order for cruise vessel “Elation”. More and more orders Kari Laukia believes we should came as cruise vessels and ice going challenge the way we work every day vessels started to use the Azipod® and and search for new ways to do things in in 1997 ABB took charge of the product. I The projects are economically so huge order to work more efficiently. continued my work as Manager of that there is simply no room for Design and Projects at ABB Azipod Oy.” mistakes.” “The best part of this work is to see results so clearly. When things move on After working more than ten years in Another important task for Mr. Laukia is and our customers come back again with Azipod development, in 2001 Kari Laukia to ensure that the older generation of new challenges we know that our team took on new challenges and went to experts at AARC transfer the knowledge did a great job!” McGregor's division in France to lead the they have to the younger experts before contract management department until retiring. This is part of the project Arctic In his free time Mr. Laukia enjoys ball Kone four years later bought the division. Horizons that AARC initiated 2010. (see sports and family time. He plays He worked for and founded Kone Marine page 16) badminton in winter with his old friends elevators division in Hyvinkää. Mr. from the University and golf in summer Laukia became the New Equipment Business Director in Marine Division until he now returned to Aker Arctic Openings in new areas Technology Inc. AkerArctic has recently been assisting Expanding business at AARC various propulsion system providers like Rolls-Royce, Steerprop,ABB, Wärtsilä ”I have a history of successful product and Thrustmaster in their development of development projects which have high ice class thruster units. Recently resulted in new commercial products. In another co-operation agreement was addition to good teamwork one of the signed with Tevo Oy in Turenki, Finland, keys to success is listening to our which lies some 100 km north of Helsinki. customers. By doing this we can concentrate on the main things and even TEVO delivers NiAl bronze-cast custom find new business opportunities we and fixed pitch propellers. Propellers are should start to develop. In addition to our tailor designed based on basic data from normal business we should always think the client to reach optimal performance on functional parameters and comply about new business possibilities,” Mr. finished propeller weight.The new with permitted noise and vibration Laukia tells about his plans at AARC. carousel lathe is one of the biggest in values. Casting, machining and grinding One of the main issues is to ensure that Scandinavia. The facility extension has are carried out at Tevo's Turenki works in new product concepts, which AARC been incorporated into the propeller unit Finland. The max weight of the develops for new areas such as Yamal complex. In order to increase lifting propellers delivered so far is 33 tons and and Baffinland, are reliable and capacity, a 100-ton bridge crane with a max diameter up to 7 meters, but after workable. Especially in propulsion we lifting height of 13,6 meters has been commissioning of the newly acquired have to extend our present portfolio due mounted in the extension part. AARC will heavy-duty carousel lathe Tevo will be to high ice classes and powers. I hope assist Tevo especially in the higher ice able to fabricate propellers up to 10 that my experience in this field will help class propeller designs and meters in diameter and 60 tons in to develop the concepts. developments. “

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and several key customers, like ExxonMobil, Sovcomflot, Transatlantic, A generation of Kone Marine and Elomatic were pleased in attending and describing their expectations from AARC teams. knowledge to transfer Tools for the future “The Arctic Horizons project was One of AARC's key assets is its successful and we all learnt a lot from it. human capital and the know- The younger experts learnt how to work how based on the staff´s in a team and take responsibility for a project and how to utilize the knowledge lifetime experience in ship assets of older experts. We learnt how to design, ship building and ice use mentorship as a tool for transferring technology. In order to prepare know-how within the company. Now we will continue and enforce this way of the new generation of experts, working and at the same time support AARC initiated a project on how efficient leadership roles,” says Ms. Kirsi to transfer the accumulated Rosenström, Manager Finance & “hidden” knowledge so that it Administration and HR, responsible for the Arctic Horizons project. stays available in the company Teambuilding events are regularly arranged to increase networking among Senior Consultant Ann Wallén-Fogde, when experienced key staff. who helped AARC with the project, thinks personnel retire. the simultaneous development of key individuals and the strategic development The project, named Arctic Horizons, tested simultaneously in the ice basin of the company worked well at AARC. started almost two years ago with and how this can be done with remote “We were aiming for an individual impact identifying potential future leaders. The controls, i.e. without cables. as well as an organizational impact. The idea of action learning in knowledge employees were tested to identify The ARCHULL™ design project dealt individual assets and potential as well as transfer is to learn through challenges. with performance guaranteed service During the process individuals grew for training needs in order to reach their packages for developing hull-propulsion potential in the future. A consultant was the benefit of the company and through combinations for customers. The called in to support the project and make the real projects we were able to develop sure that the schedule was kept. Knowledge Base-project's target was to some of AARC´s core capabilities for the find systematic documentation benefit of both the company and its Real projects to work with procedures for new and old know-how. customers.” As part of the process, it was agreed to In addition to these projects, four training “According to customer surveys, what our form three project teams around real sessions were arranged for the entire customers value most in AARC is our development projects that had been on staff. Every training session lasted one extensive know-how of our business but the agenda for a while. The project teams and a half days and focused on a key also of our customers' businesses. It is consisted of the younger generation of strategic issue. Mentorship training was important for our customers to know that AARC experts, while the older generation also part of the training days' programme. we will keep up this know-how in the experts acted as sponsors and mentors. One of the key values at AARC is to listen future. Every project is unique and there Each project had a sponsor that set the to the customer and understand the is no ready-made solution. Our challenge goals and supervised the progress and customer's business. Therefore the is to always find the best solution for our every participant had the opportunity to customer based mindset was a topic that customers, today and in the future,” Ms. discuss matters with a mentor and at the was emphasized throughout the training Rosenström emphasizes. same time learn from the mentor. Every project group distributed the tasks among Ms. Kirsi Rosenström is responsible at AARC for the participants so that everyone had a Finance and Administration and also for human share to take responsibility of. The resources. Before joining AARC she worked with purpose was to get familiarized with capital markets in a stock broker company until she project work as most of the work at AARC decided to change career and went to study is formed around projects, and to learn economic administration at the same time that her how to use the expertise available in the first child was born. After her maternity leave she company. At regular intervals sponsors worked with finances in several companies until she and project groups met up for guidance joined AARC when the company was founded. Kirsi and to assess how the projects has built up the financial systems of AARC and now advanced. that everything is working she is concentrating more The projects chosen were: Multi-model and more on human resources, which she finds a test program, ARCHULL™ branded very interesting new challenge. Workdays tend to be design project and Knowledge Base-files quite long, but Kirsi makes sure to schedule outdoor management project. The Multi-model and sports time as well as time for her teenagers at test program meant that the group was to home. find out how several vessels can be

16 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Trimaran gives high potential for cost-efficient icebreaking

One of the latest innovations in icebreaking is the use of a trimaran concept. AARC conducted recently screening studies with Mobimar Ltd and Finnish Environment Institute for assessing the suitability of the concept for oil spill combating in icy waters. The results were encouraging. After having found the right location for the side hulls, a preliminary icebreaker concept was the concept was able to created and tested. The surprising create a rather clean channel conclusion was that a trimaran twice the width of a channel of a was able to operate traditional icebreaker, but with the in thick ice same propulsion power! The penetration conditions, astern through ridge fields did not either create any problems for the concept. Therefore the way forward has already been made; next phase will be development of two AARC designs, one for oil combat icebreaker, the other for special dry cargo movements in the Baltic Sea and Arctic waters. Possibility for a seismic vessel will also be looked at.

Offshore patrol vessel for the Finnish Border Guard

An LNG fuelled icebreaking The Finnish Border Guard and the offshore patrol vessel will be Finnish Environment Institute built for the Finnish Border (SYKE) launched this project Guard. together and had earlier commissioned Elomatic in partnership with In December 2011, the Finnish Aker Arctic for the feasibility verifi- Border Guard awarded to STX cation and the concept design Aker Arctic assists Rauma shipyard a contract on work. construction of a next generation The vessel complies with the Royal Wagenborg with offshore patrol vessel for delivery client's functional specifications of in November 2013. The highly excellent seaworthiness, sufficient icebreaking support vessels advanced vessel will be 96 meters speed (about 18 knots), efficient Aker Arctic has assisted Royal has assisted Royal Wagenborg in long and 17 meters wide and will surveillance and communication Wagenborg in the development of the early phases of the deve- be capable of serving a large capacity, efficient self protection their next generation of Shallow lopment of the platform design variety of functions. The main duty and outfit for the special tasks, Draft Ice Breaking Multi-Purpose especially for the stern-first ice- of the offshore patrol vessel is to ability for oil spill collection also in Support Vessels (IMSV) now breaking hull form and propulsion operate in open sea patrol. In winter conditions, capacity to underconstruction. system, which will consist of two addition to ensuring border safety collect and carry 1200 m³ of Wärtsilä developed 1,75 MW and serving defence purposes, the recovered oil/chemicals, capability Royal Wagenborg is currently IcePods. The two new vessels are vessel will be used for prevention to operate in a chemical disaster, constructing a pair of new ice a further development based on of environmental damage, search emergency towing capacity up to breaking multi-purpose support theArcticaborg and Antarctica- and rescue, and different under- 100 tons, provision of helicopter vessels,Sanaborg and Serkeborg , borg, which have been operating water assignments. The vessel is landing facility and launching and at their Group yard Royal Niestern successfully for more than 13 capable of operating in Baltic Sea lifting of auxiliary craft in demand- Sander in Delfzijl. These vessels years in the Kashagan project in ice conditions. ing sea states. are based on a platform design intended for operation in harsh the Northern Caspian waters. The weather and shallow ice-infested new vessels, able to break 60 cm Multi model testing started waters such as Wagenborg of level ice, have a length of about Kazakhstan B.V. encounters in the 70 meters, breadth of 14,0 meters The first multi-model tests at AARC have been North-Caspian Sea. Aker Arctic and design draft of 2,5 meters. conducted successfully. In multi-model tests battery driven models are used and measurements are made remotely

17 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Silverburn's IBSVArctic to start Caspian Aker ARC 104 operations this year Caspian Tug tonnes bollard pull. Main dimen- TheArctic is currently under sions are Loa 49.6 m, beam 16.5 series delivered construction at Sefine yard in m, seagoing draft 3.9 m, shallow Turkey and is scheduled for draft 2.5 m. Aker Arctic conducted delivery in third quarter of 2012. the ice model tests and provided invaluable feedback and assis- Today Silverburn operates a fleet tance in finalising the hull form for of 25 tugs and 17 barges and four good sea keeping ability through river cruise vessels as accommo- clever design features, as well as dation units in the Caspian. Since in refinement of propeller, rudder the building of theTarpan and Tur and bow thruster arrangements. a design for a very robust and in 2009 and 2010 Silverburn has The vessel is fitted with two 1.6 simpletorepairAHTSwithIce been developing plans for a new MW Cummins high-speed diesels Mangystau-5, the last vessel of Class 1A performance was class of very shallow draft AHTS and Berg ducted c.p. propellers. the Caspian shallow draught created. She can work in 70 cm of vessels working down to 2.5 icebreaking tug series, at the STX ice, has significant load carrying meters operating draft. Together OSV SA Braila shipyard in capability on a shallow draft and 50 with Ijmuiden-based OSD-Holland Romania. Aurora SLIM for monitoring of the Arctic seas Yamalo-Nenets The research icebreaker Aurora perspectives Borealis, developed under the European Union's four-year The reserves in the Yamalo- project ERICON, ended up too Nenets Autonomous Region of costly to construct and has now Russia play a vital role in the been trimmed down by Aker development of hydrocarbon Arctic without compromising on resources in the world and will any scientific goals. offer coming generations work- Global climate models demon- ing fields for centuries. strate the sensitivity of the polar In order to develop business op- areas to changes in the ocean/ portunities, Russian and Finnish climate system. In spite of the governments have established critical role of the Arctic Ocean in working groups within the gov- climate evolution, its long-term ernmental commission for eco- environmental history and tectonic nomic co-operation, one of them structure is poorly known, which is with Yamalo-Nenets region. The also relevant for the field of hydro- chairmanfromtheFinnishsidefor carbon exploration. this working group is Mr. Mikko Three vessels in one The construction of Aurora SLIM Niini,Managing Director ofAARC. The research icebreaker Aurora as a joint European research The co-operation partners met Borealis has been planned to be a icebreaker for the Arctic would last fall in Salekhard by River Ob novel research icebreaker with no strengthen European polar at the northern polar area to national or international competi- research and Europe would discuss how to diversify local tor. The design of the Aurora contribute to meet the Arctic businesses and how Finnish Borealis integrates the concept of drilling challenge within IODP and companies could participate in three different vessels, a research retain its top position in Arctic new oil and gas projects. vessel, a drilling vessel and an ice research. breaker into one vessel, making her a new state-of-the-art polar presented, which led European research drilling vessel capable of Commission to drop the project. operating year-round in all Polar However, as a lot of good results The Aurora SLIM by Aker Arctic is Regions. had been achieved in other parts of operated on the Aker Arctic DAS™ Cost-efficient version the project, the ERICON-AB principle. Stakeholder Council in 2011 asked The European Research Ice- Aker Arctic to study the possi- early 2012 and the definition breaker Consortium (ERICON - bilities for a more cost-efficient documentation is now underway AB) project, funded by the version for the task. for the Consortium and European European Commission, started in Having received a positive re- Commission. TheAurora Slim by A visit was also paid to the new 2004 with a technical feasibility sponse from ABB for the possibility AkerArctic is oper-ated on the Aker area museum, which displayed study and later Wartsila Ship to use PC1 ice class pods in the Arctic DAS™ principle, is based on mammoths found during con- Design Germany started to work concept AARC created a "slim" triple 15 MW pods and has a struction work at the new oil sites. on the conceptual design of the version for the vessel and ended displacement of only 42.000 tons A recently found well pre-served ship and develop a scientific and up in a cost estimate under 500 M instead of the old 65.000 tons. babymammoth has received technical layout of the research EUR, without compromising any of Similarly the installed power has special attention, in the picture vessel. The design, however, ap- the scientific goals. The perfor- been reduced from 101 MW to next to the working group's secretary Martta Halonen (Min- peared to be very costly, a cost mance of the Aurora SLIM in 2.5 m 58,5 MW. istry of Economy and Employ- estimate of up to 800 M EUR was of ice was verified by model tests in ment of Finland).

18 Arctic Passion News February 2012 Ice load measurements on propeller blades

Aker Arctic, in co-operation with can easily overload and damage Marin of the Netherlands, has the equipment. successfully carried out unique The two-year project set up within measurements of ice loads the Marin CRS-consortium is acting on the propeller blades. aiming to improve the technical designs and provide operational Ice loads have been generally guidelines for propulsion systems, described in literature and have specifically for azimuthing been investigated in model and full propulsors, but also for propellers scale in the past, but a clear in general. The ProPolar project definition and understanding of the strategy is to develop new most important physical phenom- experimental results from ice na has still been lacking. Contrary model testing which can be used to to hydrodynamic loads it is clear validate and improve the The measurement team after the successful results at AARC from interviews with captains and developed analytical methods, as laboratory with the instrumented thruster unit in the centre. From left experience from ice going vessels well as to provide new testing to right: Joris Brouwer, Gerco Hagesteijn, René Bosman (Marin), that wrong use during operation possibilities. Petter Öhman, Tom Mattsson (AARC), Harry Siebers (Marin) and Reko Suojanen (AARC). Arctic on the environmental agenda

Arctic topics are a high level In the picture from left Mr Igor It will focus on ex- interest in many countries and Pankov of Sovcomflot, Dr Mikhail ploring mineral re- especially for authorities res- Grigoriev of GECON and Deputy sources, especially in ponsible of environmental Minister Sergey Donskoy. promising areas, in- issues. Mr Sergey Donskoy, Recently Prime Minister Vladimir cluding offshore re- Deputy Minister, Ministry of Putin appointed Sergei Donskoi as gions. Natural Resources of the Rus- the new Director-General of the sian Federation, paid a visit to state corporation Rosgeologiya. AARC and wanted to discuss Rosgeologiya is planned to the possibilities of new techno- become a strong and competitive logical advances in the exploi- player both on the Russian and tation of the Arctic natural international markets. resources.

Briefing on climate change Last spring the Finnish Meteo- and has been selected as one of the rological Institute (FMI) invited their global observation points to measure partners- among others AARC- and the c arbon dioxide in the atmospher e. heads of staffs in various ministries of The graph over the last fifteen years Finland for a briefing on globalclimate (on top in the picture) clearly change. The Sammaltunturi station is demonstrates the current trend which considered to be the cleanest place in governmentsare trying to stop. Finland (located on the 68th parallel)

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We will participate in 17.-18. April 23.-25. May 17.-20. September the following events: Northern Maritime Arctic Oil & Gas North Icetech 2012 Challenge America Banff, Canada 16.-27. February Helsinki, Finland St. John's, Canada Ice Day 2012 Conference 3.-5. December Ivalo, Finland 24.-27. April 17.-22. June Arctic Technology Arctic Shipping Forum 2012 ISOPE 2012 Conference 26.-28. March Helsinki, Finland Rhodes, Greece Houston, USA Russia Offshore 2012 Moscow, Russia 30. April - 3. May 25.-29. June OTC 2012, Offshore Neftegaz Technology Conference Moscow, Russia Houston, USA

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Oil and chemical response vessel Louhi was Networking built by Uki Workboat Ltd, one of the hosts for AARC employees teambuilding and study in Finland visit. During the vessel trials AARC staff conducted field ice measurements. AARC employees' recent teambuilding trip was a study trip to the Finnish cities of Rauma and Uusikaupunki to get acquainted with other actors in the shipbuilding industry.

The bus left Helsinki early morning on also being built at the shipyard and and a lean organisation. For instance the last day of May and the first stop was seeing this was even more interesting as their oil and chemical response vessel Steerprop Ltd., an AARC co-operation model testing and calculations were Louhi commissioned by SYKE, the partner manufacturing azimuth made at AARC during the design stage Finnish Environment Institute, has won propulsion systems for maritime and of the ship. The ship will be a multi- international recognition. offshore industries. The interesting tour purpose vessel, operating as a supply Louhi represents state-of-the-art of the factory showed their state-of-the- and research vessel, icebreaker, technology in responding to marine oil art facilities and latest products. expedition vessel and as a passenger and chemical spills. It is able to collect oil Next on the programme was a visit to ship. The ice-strengthened vessel will be from the sea in open waters in higher Rauma Shipyard, which belongs to the ready for delivery and ice trials in which waves than any of Finland's existing same STX group as AARC. Being part of AARC will attend in spring 2012. response vessels and also in ice the same group does not mean knowing After a bus ride to the city of conditions with the aid of its stern- each others' work and therefore visiting Uusikaupunki, a visit to Uki Workboat mounted SYKE brush skimmers. is an important part of networking. Ltd. showed an unbelievable example of Last but not least the group enjoyed a The passenger ferrySpirit of France was entrepreneurship. Uki Workboat almost ready and AARC employees were nice dinner together before returning to manufactures highly advanced vessels Helsinki. shown the beautiful ship. A South-African for professional use with a small staff Antarctic research and supply vessel is Rowing Team gathered at Sulkava Aker Arctic has its own rowing team, which participates in two big rowing events every year; the Sulkava and the Kulosaari rowing events. The most experienced team member had his 23rd race at Sulkava. The yearly Sulkava rowing event gathered AARC employees in July for the people used as transportation to church in +30°C and fortunately the sun was hiding 7th time. Participants came directly from earlier days. The distance in the event is most of the time behind thin clouds, which model tests, from vacation trips, summer about 60 km and each team has 15 helped. However the race was exhausting cottages and leisure boats to spend a day members. and drinking enough liquids became more of sports and fun together before “This year AARC's rowing team essential than ever.” returning back to their vacation. participated in a race, which started on Mr. Wilkman is the most experienced The Sulkava rowing event is one of the Saturday morning. Expectations were a participant of the team, having challenged major summer events in Finland and is bit mixed as the previous participations the waters at Lake Saimaa 23 times! He held every July in the Lake Saimaa have been in the evening races, when the thinks the end result was rather good district. The popular event gathers today weather has been somewhat cooler,” Mr. considering the circumstances: 5hours close to 7.000 participants. The boat is a Göran Wilkman, Manager Research and 27.5 minutes and 40th place out of 96. traditional Finnish wooden boat style, 12 Testing Services, AARC, tells about the meters long and 2 meters wide, which event. “The air temperature was around