French operator Ponant Cruises recently took delivery of a new polar-capable exploration vessel. Classed by Bureau Veritas and built by Fincantieri subsidiary Vard at its ..
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The 12-megawatt diesel-electric port icebreaker Ob has been delivered to FSUE Atomflot at Russia’s Vyborg Shipyard. The vessel is stationed at the Sabetta LNG terminal ..
Gazprom’s Arctic Gates oil terminal near north Russia will take delivery of two new icebreakers by then end of 2018.
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Finland’s Aker Arctic has successfully completed full-scale ice trials for the self-propelled, detachable icebreaking bow Saimaa and pusher tug Calypso. The test pr ..
Russia’s Atomflot has taken delivery of Ob, a new icebreaker constructed by United Shipbuilding Corporation’s (USC) Vyborg Shipyard. Designed by Finland’ ..
An autonomous ship model has been successfully tested in Aker Arctic's ice model test laboratory in Helsinki, Finland.
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VESSEL REVIEW | Xue Long 2 – Highly versatile 122-metre newbuild for China’s polar research missions
Jiangnan Shipyard delivered Xue Long 2 (“Snow Dragon 2”), the first polar icebreaker to be built domestically in China, to the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC ..
China's Xinhua news agency reports that Xue Long 2 ("Snow Dragon 2"), the country's first locally-built polar icebreaker, has been delivered and has of ..
Norway’s Vard Holdings has signed a contract worth €270 million (US$318 million) with French cruise company Ponant for the design and construction of a luxury polar e ..
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