Arcticaborg

Arcticaborg (Арктикаборг) is an icebreaking platform supply vessel. She was previously operated by Wagenborg Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea but was transferred to Canada in 2017 and acquired by Fathom Offshore in 2018. In 2019, she was contract to Russia for two years.

History
NameArcticaborg (Арктикаборг)
Owner Wagenborg
Operator
  • Wagenborg (1998–2018)
  • Fathom Offshore (2018–2019)
  • Mercury Sakhalin (2019–present)
Port of registry
OrderedDecember 1997
BuilderKværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland
Yard number496
Completed14 October 1998
In service1998–present
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
TypePlatform supply vessel
Tonnage
  • 1,453 GT
  • 454 NT
  • 675 DWT
Displacement2,043 tons
Length65.10 m (213.6 ft)
Beam16.40 m (53.8 ft)
Draught2.90 m (9.5 ft)
Depth4.40 m (14.4 ft)
Ice classRMRS UL
Installed power2 × Wärtsilä 6L26 (2 × 1,950 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × ABB Azipod VI1100A (2 × 1,620 kW)
  • Bow thruster (150 kW)
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) in open water
  • 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 60 cm (24 in) ice
Crew
  • 12
  • Accommodation for 20 persons

Arcticaborg and her sister ship, Antarcticaborg, were built by Kværner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland, in 1998. They are the first full developments of the double acting ship concept and among the first icebreakers equipped with Azipods, electric azimuth thrusters manufactured by ABB.

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