MV Arctic at Voisey's Bay, Labrador, Canada |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Arctic |
| Operator: | Fednav Group |
| Port of registry: | Montreal, Canada[1] |
| Builder: | Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Yard number: | 63 |
| Completed: | 1 June 1978[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7517507 Call sign: VCLM[1] MMSI: 316056000[2] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics (1978)[3] | |
| Type: | Ore-bulk-oil carrier |
| Tonnage: | 19,420 GT 28,094 DWT |
| Displacement: | 39,057 tons |
| Length: | LOA 209.6 m (687.7 ft) LPP 196.6 m (645.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.9 m (35.8 ft) |
| Ice class: | CAC 2[4] |
| Speed: | 3–4 knots in 0.6 m (2.0 ft) ice |
| General characteristics (1986)[1] | |
| Type: | Ore-bulk-oil carrier |
| Tonnage: | 20,236 GT 10,849 NT 28,418 DWT (summer) 27,384 DWT (winter)[5] |
| Displacement: | 39,427 tons[3] |
| Length: | LOA 220.83 m (724.5 ft) LPP 206.0 m (675.9 ft)[5] |
| Beam: | 22.92 m (75.2 ft) |
| Draught: | 11.52 m (37.8 ft) (summer) 10.67 m (35.0 ft) (winter)[5] |
| Depth: | 15.2 m (49.9 ft) |
| Ice class: | 1A Super Canada ASPPR Arctic Class 3 CAC 4 equivalent[4] |
| Installed power: | 10.9 MW |
| Propulsion: | Ducted CPP, ⌀ 5.23 m (17.16 ft) |
| Speed: | 15 knots in open water 2 knots in 1.5 m (4.9 ft) ice[3] |
| Capacity: | 7 holds 34,522 m3 (grain) 24,309 m3 (oil at 96 %) |
The MV Arctic is an icebreaking cargo ship built in 1978 at the Port Weller Dry Docks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The ship is owned and operated by the Fednav Group.
Designed to carry both oil and ore, the vessel is not only ice strengthened with a Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super, but has a CASPPR Class 3 or CAC 4 rating. This means it is powerful enough to navigate through many ice-covered waters unescorted. The Arctic previously serviced mines in the high Canadian Arctic such as Polaris and Nanisivik. Once those mines closed she was shifted to service the Raglan mine in northern Quebec and the Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador.
The Arctic was extensively rebuilt by Port Weller Dry Dock during winter 1985–1986. The ship received a new icebreaker bow which improved its icebreaking capability and the ice strengthening in the sides and bottom was increased so that the ice class could be upgraded from CAC 2 to CAC 4.[4]