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Damaged Shell icebreaker arrives in Oregon for repairs
2015-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmental activists in Portland are protesting the arrival of the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project after it's repaired. The damaged ship, a 380-foot icebreaker, arrived at a Swan Island dry dock about 3 a.m. Saturday. The icebreaker is a key part of Shell's exploration and spill-response plan off Alaska's northwest coast. It protects Shell's fleet from ice and carries equipment that can stop gushing oil. The Fennica was damaged...
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Was Shell's Icebreaker Damaged in Shallow Waters?
2015-07-13 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: New marine tracking data shows a Shell-contracted icebreaker may have crossed through shallow waters that offered little clearance between the vessels bottom and the ocean floor before a 3-foot hole was discovered in its hull. The Automatic Identification System data -- location information captured every minute from the MSV Fennica -- shows its July 3 route away from the Alaska Port of Dutch Harbor before a leak identified by a marine pilot and other crew onboard the icebreaker forced it to...
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Shells icebreaker vessel returns to dock due to hull damage
2015-07-09 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed that an icebreaker vessel planned to be used to drill offshore Alaska has returned to port after a hole was spotted in its hull.
Arctic, Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreaker
2015-06-10 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Arctic is the first vessel in the series of three Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreakers being constructed by Baltic Shipyard Shipbuilding, for Atomflot. It is touted to become the world's biggest and the most powerful icebreaker.
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Swedish Maritime Administration contracts Protacon for icebreaker upgrades
2015-05-07 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Swedish Maritime Administration has placed a major order with Finland-based Protacon to upgrade two Atle-class icebreakers, Atle and Frej.
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