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