Advanced Multipurpose Ice Breakers of Arctia Shipping as Service Provider in Arctic Offshore Operations
1. Advanced Multipurpose Ice
Breakers of Arctia Shipping as
Service Provider in Arctic Offshore
Operations
MI5 2015
Pori, 10.6. 2015
(C) Arctia Shipping TVa
2. Agenda
• Business dimensions
• Customers and market areas
• The fleet
• Baltic Sea ice conditions and the operation
• Oil combatting
• About the arctic operations
• Arctic policy issues
• Team Arctic Finland
• Conclusions
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3. (C) Arctia Shipping TVa
Arctia’s business dimensions
2. BALTIC SEA DIMENSION
Icebreaking and oil combatting
services on the Baltic Sea
1. GLOBAL
DIMENSION
Maritime services for the
offshore industry with a focus
on the arctic and antarctic
3. LOCAL DIMENSION
Harbour icebreaking with
additional services
including oil combatting
4. Customers and Arctia
Baltic Sea Icebreaking
• End users are Finnish and
international industrial players and
shipping companies
– Chartering agreement between
the Finnish Traffic Agency and
Arctia
• 5+2 icebreakers
• 1000-3500 assignments / year
• 250-1000 operating days / year
• 150 employees
• Annual turnover +/-30 m€
Global – polar offshore
• Customers: International energy
cluster players
• The Polar areas
• 2 multipurpose vessels and
newbuilding schemes
• 120 persons
• 400-600 operating days / year
• Annual turnover 25-50m€
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6. Customers and Arctia
Oil Combatting
• European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA
• Potential
• Finnish environmental authorities
• International energy companies
• Conversions and newbuildings
• Turnover 0,6-0,8m€ / year
Harbour icebreaking
• Bay of Bothnian area harbours
• End users like in fairway icebreaking
• 3 vessels
• Turnover 0,2-3m€ / year
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10. (C) Arctia Shipping TVa
Finnish Marine
Innovation
• Arctia’s recently
launched (Jun 2013)
hq, floating office,
the ”Off.Ice”
• Built in Finland by
Western Shipyards and
Shippax from recycled
material
Floating office; Off.Ice
11. • 90 million tonnes of sea cargo
• 90% of Finnish foreign trade
(C) Arctia Shipping Tero Vauraste
Picture: YLE Picture: Kyamk.fi
The need for Baltic Sea icebreaking
services
12. Legacy of the service chain
• 120 years of icebreaking experience from the Baltic Sea
”laboratory”
• Icebreaker design
• Icebreaker building
• Icebreaker operating
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17. (C) Arctia Shipping Oy TVa;
Energy resources in the Arctic
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Approximately
13% of
undiscovered oil
and
25-30 % of
undiscovered gas
resources are in the
arctic areas
Source: USGS
18. The volume of arctic sea ice will be cut to
half during a century
(C) Arctia luottamuksellinen
Source: NOAA
19. (C) Arctia Shipping TVa CONFIDENTIAL
Arctia’s vessels in Alaska 2012, 2013
and in the future
20. Task: Primary Ice Management
“Nordica” / “Fennica”
• Length – 116m / 380ft
• Ice Class – DNV POLAR 10
• 20,400hp
• BP 234T
Technical conversions to meet
EPA requirements in final
stages
•Nox emissions -90%
•Particular emissions -50%
•Very low sulphur emissions
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28. Finnish know-how ensuring sustainable
development
• World champion in icebreaker design, building and
operation
• Icebreakers as OSPR resources
• Technical conversions to reduce emissions
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29. Arctia in Arctic Council
• Participation into
• SAR task force
• OSPR task force
• SDWG working group
• CBF task force Arctic Economic Council
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30. Finland’s Arctic Staregy
Policy guidelines
• Finland is an Arctic country
• Finland is an Arctic expert
• Finland complies with the
principles of sustainable
development and respects
the basic conditions dictated
by the Arctic environment
• International cooperation in
the Arctic
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• Climate
• Demand for natural
resources
• Global economy
• Technological
advancements
• International politics
• International law