AHTS Balder Viking

Balder Viking in Aberdeen.
Career
Name: Balder Viking
Owner: Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS
Port of registry: Skärhamn, Sweden
Laid down: 2000
General characteristics
Displacement:5 800 tonnes
Length:83.70 m (274.6 ft)
Beam:18.00 m (59.06 ft)
Draught:7.20 m (23.6 ft)
Propulsion:18,280 hp (13,630 kW)
Speed:16 knots (30 km/h)
Crew:23
Notes:imo=9199646

AHTS Balder Viking is an icebreaker and Anchor handling tug.[1][2][3] She is owned and operated by a Norwegian company, Trans Viking, but she is registered in Sweden. She has two sister ships, the Tor Viking and the Vidar Viking.[4] She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

In February 2010 the Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels". Trading Markets. 2010-02-16. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18.
  2. "AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics". Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  3. "Vidar Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  4. "Balder Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2009-02-01.