Operational profile

Harbor icebreaking
Ice Management
Tandem double escort icebreaking
Personnel transfer
Tanker assistance during mooring and loading operations
Platform / SPM maintenance assistance
Emergency evacuation
Search & rescue
Oil and chemical spill response
Emergency towing
Fire fighting

Main characteristics

Length 79.5m
Breadth 19.0m
Draught 6.5 m
Bollard pull 110 t
Main engines 3 x Wärtsilä 7L32, a’ 3900 kW/750 rpm
Propulsion 2 x ABB Azipods a’ 4500 kW
Bow thrusters 2 x 650 kW
Ice class RMRS Arc6 Icebreaker
Icebreaking capability Limit thickness 1 m level ice + 20 cm snow cover
DP system DP2, Navis
Stern winch 150 t, twin drum
Bow escort winch 150 t, single drum
Man riding deck crane
w/ motion compensator 7.0 ton / 12 m
Clear deck load area 510 m²
Towing pins, shark jaw Karmoy
Stern roller Stern roller SWL 150 t
Recovered oil tanks 700 m³
Dispersant 29 m³

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ILS Knight Design Series high ice class Offshore Support Vessel concept SUBARCTIC is suitable for harbor area icebreaking / ice management and escort tug duties, as well as oil spill and other emergency response duties, offshore supply, personnel transfer, towing for round-the-year operation, firefighting, and anchor handling. Possibility to equip with a motion compensated gangway.