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Passion News 1 2018 Sivut.Cdr Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter March 2018 Arctic PassionNews 1 / 2018 / 15 First luxury Arctic LNGs hipments icebreaking cruise commence vessel Page 10 Page 3 New Chinese polarr esearch vessel under construction Page 7 Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter March 2018 In this issue Dear Reader, Page 2 From the Managing Activity in the global shipping and While you are reading this magazine, Director shipbuilding market continues to be at a LNG shipments are going at full pace Page 3 First luxury low ebb, as it also is in offshore activity from the Sabetta terminal. The operation icebreaking cruise related to the oil and gas industry. to bring these first-ever Arctic LNG vessel However, some new and remarkable carriers on line has been a success. things are happening with ships intended Not many major LNG production projects Page 6 Expert in adventure for use in icy conditions. have started on time and able to deliver expeditions The announcement in December by their planned capacity of LNG to the Page 7 New Chinese polar French cruise operator PONANT that market. So far, over a million tonnes of research vessel they are planning to build an icebreaking LNG has been loaded from Sabetta on under construction cruise vessel introduced a completely the first four arctic LNG carriers. This also Page 10 Arctic LNG new vessel type to the world. At the same demonstrates their capability to break shipments time, we revealed that we had been through the ice and bring results for commence working in close technical co-operation for Yamal LNG. Hopefully, this success will Page 12 Detachable icebreaking bow nearly two years. Together with the client, encourage the industry to make new for Lake Saimaa our naval architects and engineers investments, and then the passionate Page 14 Testing smart vessels developed this unique vessel design. icebreaking engineers will once again For us, of course, developing icebreakers have challenges to solve. Page 16 Our man in Moscow capable of reaching the North Pole is Page 17 Safe winter traffic nothing new. But the combination of an We can expect new types of activities in on the Baltic Sea extremely heavy icebreaker and a cruise polar shipping, the cruise industry and Page 18 News in brief vessel is a new one. LNG deliveries, and there will also be Page 20 Tech day for staff more ships in these challenging Meet us here The technical details are explained in this operations. The Polar Code has been magazine, but the most important thing to introduced in order to improve safety in note is the introduction of a completely shipping, but another important action new type of ship and operation in the high regarding safety issues is co-operation arctic combined with the icebreaking between national coast guard technology. At the same time, this vessel organisations. Together, they are looking Announcements raises interesting questions about the for best practices and studying the best Rob Hindley has “exploration cruise” market, how popular it ways to improve preparedness in will be among clients and tourists, and response to potential risks in arctic joined Aker Arctic how boldly others will react with their own marine operations. as team leader, plans. A number of vessels currently I hope you enjoy the articles, and that you for machinery under construction with lower ice classes are looking forward with great interest to and structures. are being marketed as polar cruise the next projects Previously Rob vessels, and this will bring significantly and developments. was a global more capacity into this segment of the principal cruise market. Reko-Antti specialist in arctic Suojanen technology at Lloyd's Register and represented the Managing Director International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) at the IMO during the development of the Polar Code. Rob has worked in Canada, the UK, the Middle East, and Meet Petri Tolonen in South Korea in roles involving ship the Thruster & PCS product line at surveying, classification rule Wärtsilä Marine Solutions. Petri says he is development and technical very pleased with his new work and consultancy. He holds a master's colleagues. "The atmosphere at Aker Arctic degree in naval architecture from with all our specialists is very innovative, Newcastle University. open and respectful. We trust and appreciate each other." Olli Kokko has joined Aker Arctic Petri's home is in Turku, about 170 km as development from the Vuosaari office. "I jump on the engineer in the train early every Monday morning and stay electronics & IT Petri joined Aker Arctic as the new director in a flat close to work during the week," team. Olli of sales and marketing last year. He has a Petri says. "I often spend the weekends in graduated in 2017 strong background in the Finnish pulp and my cottage in the Turku archipelago with with a master's paper industry, where he worked for more my wife. Our two children are finalizing degree in than twenty years of his career. About their studies, so they don't come home mechanical engineering and seven years ago, he transferred to the very often." mechatronics from the Aalto University marine business and was vice president of School of Engineering. In his master's sales and marketing and later president Petri enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities thesis he studied autonomous navigation and CEO of Steerprop Ltd. Before Petri and is an eager golfer when he has the in model scale. joined Aker Arctic he was the director of time. 2 Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter March 2018 ice resistance ensuring better fuel economy. This concept is the first The world's first commercial application of its kind for both efficient icebreaking and open water operation in high arctic conditions. luxury icebreaking The recently introduced Polar Code has many requirements regarding passenger and environmental safety, and this vessel fulfils them all and more. "Other cruise vessel expedition cruise vessels for polar cruises currently under construction are Over the past two years Aker Arctic has designed the first Polar PC 6 or 7 ice class," Vocke says. "PC 2 Class (PC) 2 icebreaking cruise ship in close cooperation with is a completely different story and opens Stirling Design International and the luxury expedition cruise a lot of new possibilities for an expedition vessel.” company PONANT. The construction of the vessel will begin later this year at the Norwegian shipyard VARD, which has One of the rule requirements for previously built icebreaking vessels based on Aker Arctic passenger vessels is that a vessel must designs. be able to return safely on its own even ThePONANT Icebreaker intends to take be. "The cruises will go to the Arctic when damaged. For the defined passengers to previously never explored region in the summer, when the ice is operational areas of the PONANT polar destinations, such as the true least thick and at its softest, and to Icebreaker this was discussed at an geographic North Pole, the Weddell Sea, Antarctica when the southern early stage of the concept development the Ross Sea and Peter I Island. This will hemisphere has its summer. with both the selected classification be possible due to her PC 2 ice class Nevertheless, these are not easy regions society and the Flag Administration. A and her excellent ice breaking for any vessel," Vocke adds. vessel must also carry equipment for capabilities. "There are not many five days of evacuation off the vessel, icebreakers in the world which can Unique vessel i.e. tents, warm clothes and food. manage the same," says Maximilian The hull is a modern PC 2 icebreaking Vocke who is chief designer and the hull design, which combines smooth Passenger safety has been one of the project manager, from Aker Arctic. icebreaking ahead in up to 2.5 m thick crucial points in the design of this multi-year ice, and astern in severe ice vessel. "The choice of a high ice class, Before starting to design the vessel, Aker conditions using a double acting ship taking all the requirements of the Polar Arctic gathered and analysed ice data principle (Aker Arctic DAS™) and a twin Code into account, the 'safe return to over a period of ten years to establish azimuthing propulsor arrangement. The port'-concept and winterization aspects, how harsh and demanding the vessel's performance is comparable to i.e. how all the machines and equipment circumstances for the cruise ship would existing polar icebreakers but with lower can function in a cold climate, are all 3 Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter March 2018 important with passenger safety in mind," Vocke emphasizes. Hybrid fuel options PONANT is particularly committed to preserving the environment and protecting the poles. For this reason, highly advanced choices have been made. This will be the first hybrid cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and electric batteries in addition to oil fuel. The advantage of LNG is that the emissions are considerably lower than for oil fuel. LNG-fuel produces no sulphur oxide (SOx ) and very low nitrogen oxide (NOx ) and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions. The cruise ship complies with future IMO (International Maritime Organisation) and ECA (Emission Control Areas) regulations and fulfils the so called "Clean Ship" requirements with advanced wastewater treatment, energy optimisation, a heat recovery system and zero emissions in its electric hybrid mode. Aker Arctic analysed ice data for a period of ten years before beginning to design the vessel to ensure that she would have the During the concept development phase required features to manage the harsh conditions in the polar Aker Arctic was responsible for regions. everything from the main deck downwards, as well as the machinery and design of the steel hull.
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