MV Arctic

Arctic was an icebreaking combination carrier built in 1978 at the Port Weller Dry Docks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The ship was owned and operated by the Fednav Group. Arctic was sold for recycling in Aliağa, Turkey in April 2021.^[3]

NameArctic

OwnerFednav Group

OperatorFednav Limited

Port of registryMontreal, Quebec, Canada^[1]

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MV Arctic at Voisey's Bay, Labrador, Canada
History
Name	Arctic
Owner	Fednav Group
Operator	Fednav Limited
Port of registry	Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1]
Builder	Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada[1]
Yard number	63
Completed	1 June 1978[1]
In service	1978–2021
Identification	IMO number: 7517507 Call sign: VCLM[1] MMSI number: 316056000[2]
Fate	Broken up[3]
General characteristics (1978)[4]
Type	Ore-bulk-oil carrier
Tonnage	19,420 GT 28,094 DWT
Displacement	39,057 tons
Length	LOA 220.82 m (724.5 ft) LPP 196.6 m (645.0 ft)
Draught	10.9 m (35.8 ft)
Ice class	CAC 2[5]
Speed	3–4 knots in 0.6 m (2.0 ft) ice
General characteristics (1986)[1]
Type	Ore-bulk-oil carrier
Tonnage	20,236 GT 10,849 NT 28,418 DWT (summer) 27,384 DWT (winter)[6]
Displacement	39,427 tons[4]
Length	LOA 220.83 m (724.5 ft) LPP 206.0 m (675.9 ft)[6]
Beam	22.92 m (75.2 ft)
Draught	11.52 m (37.8 ft) (summer) 10.67 m (35.0 ft) (winter)[6]
Depth	15.2 m (49.9 ft)
Ice class	1A Super Canada ASPPR Arctic Class 3 CAC 4 equivalent[5]
Installed power	10.9 MW
Propulsion	Ducted CPP, ⌀ 5.23 m (17.16 ft)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) in open water 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.5 m (4.9 ft) ice[4]
Capacity	7 holds 34,522 m3 (grain) 24,309 m3 (oil at 96 %)

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Designed to carry both oil and ore, the vessel is not only ice strengthened with a Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super, but has a CASPPR Class 3 or CAC 4 rating. This means it is powerful enough to navigate through many ice-covered waters without escort. Arctic previously serviced mines in the high Canadian Arctic such as Polaris and Nanisivik Mine. Once those mines closed she was shifted to service the Raglan mine in northern Quebec and the Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador. In addition in 1985 she became the first ship to export crude oil from the Canadian Arctic, from Panarctic Oils Bent Horn terminal.

As part of the repairs following a grounding off of Little Cornwallis Island the ice strengthening in the sides and bottom was increased at Thunder Bay shipyard in 1984. In 1985-1986 in anticipation of the export of crude oil from Bent Horn Island in the high Arctic the ship received a new icebreaker bow and was converted to an OBO at Port Weller Drydock. This improved her icebreaking capability such that the ice class could be upgraded from CAC 2 to CAC 4.^[5]