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Name: Polaris World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker

Builder: Arctech Helsinki Shipyard

Owner: Finnish Transport Agency rctech Helsinki Shipyard delivered the most powerful newcomer in the Finn- ish Icebreaker ? eet, Polaris, to the Finnish Transport Agency. The Finnish

Transport Agency handed the vessel over to Arctia Icebreaking Oy. The pro- totype vessel built at Helsinki Shipyard is designed to serve for at least 50 years in icebreaking, oil recovery and sea rescue ops. Icebreaker Polaris is a continuation of Finnish ship design and construction for work in what is argu- ably the most harsh of all maritime environments. Innovative design is used for the vessel’s hull form and propulsion unit arrangement, and the vessel is able to use either LNG or low sulfur diesel oil as fuel. The vessel complies with the international IMO Tier III emission standards and special require- ment for Sulfur emissions in the Baltic Sea. The vessel is equipped with three

Azipod propulsion units rotating 360 degrees, enabling excellent maneuver-

Aability. The icebreaking capacity of Polaris is 1.8 m at speed of 3.5 knots.

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