South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has been in talks with Russian contractors to build icebreaking LNG carriers for $2.6 billion. The post Samsung Heavy eyes Russian icebreaking LNG…
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Russia plans on building LNG-powered icebreakers to serve the Arctic Sea route. The post Russia returns to plans for first batch of LNG-powered icebreakers appeared first on Offshore Energy.
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Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76), 10 to 17 June 2021 (remote session)
Reduction of GHG emissions from shipping measures adopted
The MEPC adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI that will require ships to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These amendments combine technical and operational approaches to improve the energy efficiency of ships, in line with the targets established in the 2018 Initial IMO...
Keel-laying ceremony held for lead icebreaking LNG carrier ordered by SCF from Zvezda for Arctic LNG 2
On 15 June 2021, a keel-laying ceremony was held at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, in the Russia’s Far East, for a new Arctic LNG carrier ordered by PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group).
This is the lead vessel in a series of 15 carriers, ordered from Zvezda, for servicing the Arctic LNG 2 project. She is the first-ever vessel of such dimensions, cargo capacity and icebreaking capabilities to be constructed...
A starboard view of the anchored US Coast Guard icebreaker POLAR STAR (WAGB 10). Coast Guard Photo
The Coast Guard will not pursue nuclear-powered icebreakers, despite previous White House requests that the service assess the possibility, its top officer said Wednesday.
Speaking at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium, Coast Guard commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said the service and the Navy discuss what kind of icebreaking capability the sea services require, but that a nuclear-powered...
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/13/schultz-nuclear-icebreakers-are-not-an-option-for-coast-guard
The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Tuesday. The ship made a logistics stop 30 days into a monthslong Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region.
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star navigates Gulf of Alaska on Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
Besides clearing shipping lanes, the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker is patrolling the Bering and Chukchi seas to support national security objectives...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coast-guards-only-heavy-icebreaker-on-special-arctic-mission
The Coast Guard has launched its icebreaking season, in anticipation of winter’s low temperatures impacting ports, waterways and harbors in the Northeast over the coming months.
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Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (RENEW) is the Coast Guard’s regionwide effort to ensure communities have the security, supplies, energy and emergency...
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This year the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation’s only heavy icebreaker, will not deploy to Antarctica to resupply McMurdo station this year because Operation Deep Freeze was canceled due to COVID. Instead, she will head to the Arctic this winter to “protect the nation’s maritime...
Finnish-based Aker Arctic has been selected to develop next-generation icebreakers for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA). The new icebreakers will provide escort operations capable of assisting larger merchant ships in the Baltic Sea....
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A nuclear-powered ice breaker Russia says is the world’s largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a two-week journey to the Arctic as part of Moscow’s efforts to tap the region’s commercial potential. Known as “Arktika,” the nuclear icebreaker left St. Petersburg...