# Arctic News **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [January 6, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210 "2019-01-06T13:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/83 "2020-09-03T19:51:21Z")
“Energy from the river” is not the same as the hydro electric power as we know it. The idea of using natural flowing water as energy source is nothing new. Water wheel to drive mills are several hundred years old, but this is different: > **[How remote Arctic communities can tap into river power - ArcticToday](https://www.arctictoday.com/how-remote-arctic-communities-can-tap-into-river-power/)** > > Arctic renewable energy has the potential for a global impact, but stories of energy transformation in the region are often overshadowed. For the month of September, ArcticToday is launching a special focus on renewable energy in the Arctic and... Can this be used in other rivers and streams? Yes it can, without building dams, hindering fish migration and even shipping. PS\> Several small hydroelectric power stations are operating in Norway to supply power to nearby households. Some are over 100 years old but recently upgraded. (But these are dependent on a bit of fall height) More are planned, some to power hydrogen production.The hydrogen will be used to power ferries, trucks and buses etc. in the near area: > **[400 smaller power plant sites in Norway are ready to be built - but lack...](https://www.ecohz.com/news/400-smaller-power-plant-sites-in-norway-are-ready-to-be-built-but-lack-financing/)** > > "I would go so far as to say that small scale hydropower in Norway is the most efficient in the world",.says Knut Olav Tveit, Småkraftforeninga ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/84 "2020-09-06T15:39:18Z")
Land appears to have been secured for the Arctic Container Port on the Kola Peninsula: [https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2020/08/military-land-kola-coast-could-become-site-new-arctic-container-port#:~:text=Photo%3A%20Atomflot-,Military%20land%20on%20Kola%20coast%20could%20become%20site%20for%20new,a%20projected%20major%20Arctic%20terminal](https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2020/08/military-land-kola-coast-could-become-site-new-arctic-container-port#:~:text=Photo%3A%20Atomflot-,Military%20land%20on%20Kola%20coast%20could%20become%20site%20for%20new,a%20projected%20major%20Arctic%20terminal). That open up possibilities for transshipment between conventional container ships and expensive ARC 5-7 ship for the more difficult bit. Kirkenes in Norway is thus missing out on the option to be an Arctic container hub. (??) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/85 "2020-09-07T14:46:09Z")
The first trip with frozen fish from Kamchatka to St. Petersburg was conducted last year. For next year there are three voyages planned (Nothing this year apparently) The voyage was/will be performed by the world’s only active nuclear powered merchant ship, the container/LASH carrier Sevmorput: [https://en.portnews.ru/comments/2844/](https://en.portnews.ru/comments/2844/) PS\> No need for transshipment this time apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/86 "2020-09-07T16:20:21Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Nothing this year apparently Sevmorput is currently loading fish at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/87 "2020-09-08T11:26:28Z")
Smit has completed the northernmost wreck removal operation in history in Svalbard: [https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/smit-completes-northernmost-wreck-removal-project-ever#:~:text=Smit%20Salvage%20has%20completed%20the,completed%2C%20according%20to%20Norwegian%20authorities](https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/smit-completes-northernmost-wreck-removal-project-ever#:~:text=Smit%20Salvage%20has%20completed%20the,completed%2C%20according%20to%20Norwegian%20authorities). It took some time due to adverse weather and ice conditions last year. This year Svalbard has had a balmy summer, with temperatures exceeding 20C recorded in Longyearbyen and little sea ice in the late season. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/88 "2020-09-08T11:33:16Z")
As reported earlier Russia is building 10 more icebreaking LNG Carriers for the Arctic LNG 2 project. The order has not be confirmed: > **[Sovcomflot and Novatek seal order for 10 LNG carriers at Zvezda Shipyard -...](https://splash247.com/sovcomflot-and-novatek-seal-order-for-10-lng-carriers-at-zvezda-shipyard/)** > > Smart LNG, the shipping joint venture between Russian companies Sovcomflot (SCF) and Novatek, has signed contracts with Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex to construct ten icebreaking Arc7 LNG carriers. The vessels are being financed by Russian state... ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/89 "2020-09-09T19:46:03Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > …10 more icebreaking LNG Carriers for the Arctic LNG 2 project… The Russians are really loading Zvezda with orders: - four icebreaking offshore vessels - one shallow-draught river icebreaker - ten LNG-powered Aframax tankers - fifteen icebreaking LNG carriers - three LNG-powered MR tankers - ten 42k DWT icebreaking shuttle tankers - one 69k DWT icebreaking shuttle tanker - the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker As of today, Zvezda has launched one Aframax tanker ([aft 3/4 built by Hyundai](http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3012569)) and has another one under construction on the slip ([aft 2/3 built by Hyundai](http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3127837)) together with one of the icebreaking offshore vessels built completely on site. Production has started on various other projects, including the nuclear-powered icebreaker, and keels have been laid left and right. At least one of the icebreaking offshore vessels [is already taking shape](http://www.sskzvezda.ru/index.php/en/project/snabjenets/9-news-en/401-zvezda-shipbuilding-complex-completed-true-hull-forming-of-multifunctional-icebreaking-supply-vessel). In addition, [one more two-thirds-of-an-Aframax](http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3199072) has been spotted at Hyundai. It may be tempting to ridicule the Russian approach, but that’s one way of building up shipbuilding capacity and capability. Sure, getting three-fourths of a ship, including all the difficult bits, from a foreign shipyard may sound like cheating at first, but it’s technology transfer in progress. In addition to building ships, there’s a huge import substitution program and to my knowledge at least the LNG carriers will feature Russian-made propulsion units instead of ABB’s products. The only thing that worries me is that if all major orders are channeled to Zvezda, what’s left to the Russian shipbuilders who have already demonstrated their ability to build e.g. icebreakers in Russia? How about the companies that need to replace their obsolete ships now and not in ten years or whenever’s the next available slot in Bolshoy Kamen. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/90 "2020-09-09T19:56:41Z")
> [@Tupsis](#): > > Sure, getting three-fourths of a ship, including all the difficult bits, from a foreign shipyard may sound like cheating at first, but it’s technology transfer in progress. I don’t know if the hull is the most difficult part of a ship, even an icebreaking ship. (Maybe cheaper than to build it in Russia??) I do agree it is a way to get technology, which is how others have done it as well. PS\> Where does the design come from? Has Finland contributed? ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/91 "2020-09-09T20:25:22Z")
While icebreaker hulls are definitely more complex and labor-intensive, in the end it’s just steel work and the Russians have traditionally been quite good at it. However, at least in the past their biggest weakness was in outfitting and commissioning. At Zvezda, they are adopting more western/Asian shipbuilding practices with extensively outfitted megablocks. In addition, the commissioning engineers get an early start with the South Korean -built hulls as they don’t have to wait for years for the shipyard’s first fully-homegrown newbuilding to reach a state where they actually have something do wo. As for who’s helping them, the offshore vessels are being developed in co-operation with Damen, Aframax tankers with Hyundai, and both LNG carriers and shuttle tankers with Samsung. Icebreaker designs come from Russia. I have not heard anything about the MR tankers; they could be of Russian design or they may have purchased a set of drawings from someone. For you final question, I’m going with a Glomar response. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/92 "2020-09-10T10:33:28Z")
“For you final question, I’m going with a Glomar response”- OK. I take that as a possible maybe. More on the ARC-7 LNG Carriers. In this article they are talking about 14 to be built (Even 15 further down): > **[Arctic LNG 2 Partners Charter 14 LNG Carriers](https://www.marinelink.com/news/arctic-lng-partners-charter-lng-carriers-481482)** > > Russian gas giant Novatek has informed that its Arctic LNG 2 joint venture has entered into long-term charter agreements for 14 Arc7… That should keep the yard busy for while and be good training for Russian shipbuilding in general. ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/93 "2020-09-10T12:31:22Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > In this article they are talking about 14 to be built (Even 15 further down): Chartering contract for the first vessel of the series was done separately: _In October 2019, the contracts were signed for chartering, financing and construction of a pilot ice-class LNG tanker to be built at the Zvezda shipyard._ I wonder what kind of traffic jams we are going to see in the Gulf of Ob once all these ships plus the ones rumored to be ordered from South Korea and/or China enter service… ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/94 "2020-09-10T12:36:20Z")
Russian design bureaus revealed a new port icebreaker concept: > **[Завершена разработка техпроекта портового ледокола IBP07](https://sudostroenie.info/mobver/novosti/31159.html)** > > Статья из раздела: Судостроение. Проект разработан ПКБ 'Петробалт' для нужд 'Росморпорта'. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/95 "2020-09-16T11:46:51Z")
She has indeed load 206 containers of frozen fish in Kanchatska and are on her way to St.Petersburg via the NSR: [https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2020/09/sevmorput-sails-northern-sea-route-loaded-only-one-fifth-capacity#:~:text=Photo%3A%20Thomas%20Nilsen-,Sevmorput%20sails%20Northern%20Sea%20Route%20loaded%20to%20less%20than%20one,voyage%20to%20be%20carried%20out](https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2020/09/sevmorput-sails-northern-sea-route-loaded-only-one-fifth-capacity#:~:text=Photo%3A%20Thomas%20Nilsen-,Sevmorput%20sails%20Northern%20Sea%20Route%20loaded%20to%20less%20than%20one,voyage%20to%20be%20carried%20out). I notice that there are much emphasize on the fact that this is far from a full load for this vessel, Could it be that the number of reefer plugs limits the number of reefer containers she can carry? ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/96 "2020-09-16T21:30:08Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Could it be that the number of reefer plugs limits the number of reefer containers she can carry? I recall reading somewhere that it was a bad year for salmon. However, I also think the ship can’t carry a full load of reefer containers. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/97 "2020-09-17T09:29:10Z")
Yes the number of plugs and the power available put a limit on the number of reefer containers a ship can carry, (Unless they also carry additional power packs) PS\> I noticed it didn’t say if it was 206 TEUs or FEUs, but the container capacity was given in TEUs) ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/98 "2020-09-17T19:00:05Z")
These days with reduced manning it is essential that the remote monitors system for reefers functions. The best method I have seen uses the power cable. To monitor reefers manually on average requires a minute per container. Someone once proposed that the electrician could monitor 1500 reefers manually and I replied only if you send us a day with longer hours than the one we have. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/99 "2020-09-24T11:40:49Z")
The Arktika is finally on her way to Murmansk and her first meeting with the Arctic: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russia-says-world-largest-nuclear-icebreaker-arctic-voyage-1.5733729#:~:text=Known%20as%20"Arktika%2C"%20the,largest%20and%20most%20powerful%20icebreaker](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russia-says-world-largest-nuclear-icebreaker-arctic-voyage-1.5733729#:~:text=Known%20as%20%22Arktika%2C%22%20the,largest%20and%20most%20powerful%20icebreaker). She has just passed under the Storebelt (Great Belt) Bridge and will be passing along the Norwegian coast on her way to Murmansk. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/100 "2020-09-24T11:46:15Z")
The raw power of Arctic icebreakers: > **[The awesome power of Arctic icebreakers | CBC Television](https://www.cbc.ca/television/higharctichaulers/the-awesome-power-of-arctic-icebreakers-1.5414235)** > > Arctic icebreaker ships can break through the thickest ice patches in the most remote parts of the globe. When cargo ships get stuck, it’s the Coast Guard to the rescue. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/101 "2020-09-26T13:07:19Z")
Greenpeace activist is back protesting drilling in the Arctic Reserve and offshore Alaska: > **[Inspired by Thunberg, veteran climate activist logs Arctic meltdown](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26G1LS)** > > ABOARD 'ARCTIC SUNRISE' (Reuters) - Jailed in Russia in 2013 for trying to halt oil drilling in the Arctic, a disillusioned Paul Ruzycki switched to working on cargo ships for a while before the words of Greta Thunberg inspired him to return to his... The Arctic Sunrise is the former Norwegian Seal catcher and polar expedition vessel Polarbjørn: > **[M/S Polarbjørn - Sjøhistorie](https://www.sjohistorie.no/no/skip/851780/)** Seen here on an expedition in the Antarctic in 1993: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/5/756eaac6c38fd03345a582821ac94a2a5cadfe9f.jpeg) And in Tasmania on her way to or from Antarctica, either on the same or on another expedition to Antarctica: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/c/5c8b33be536911bf7c6c6602605d64c33cd7a49d.jpeg) She has been in the news many times for it’s exploits in the Arctic and around the world for Greenpeace. Here is her Greenpeace page, with video link directly to a camera on board: > **[\#Arctic Sunrise - Greenpeace International](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/tag/arctic-sunrise/)** > > Designed as an icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise has been part of the Greenpeace fleet since 1995 and has witnessed the wonders of the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Tupsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tupsis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tupsis)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210/102 "2020-10-01T09:02:26Z")
Five years behind schedule, a 22,000-ton, 25-megawatt diesel-electric icebreaker is finally delivered: > **[Acceptance/delivery certificate signed for Victor Chernomyrdin icebreaker](https://en.portnews.ru/news/302511/)** [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/arctic-news/50210.md?page=6)