Nordica

Arctia says its multipurpose icebreaker Nordica left Rauma and began assisting marine traffic as the Finnish icebreaking season’s eight icebreaker on Wednesday 28 February 2018. MSV Nordica will work in the Gulf of Finland. Arctia’s icebreakers Kontio, Otso, Polaris, Urho and Fennica already assist traffic in the Bothnian Bay and the Kvarken, and icebreakers Voima and Sisu in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland. “We now head towards the Gulf of Finland through the Archipelago Sea. On the way we will check the ice situation on the fairways to Förby and Taalintehdas. At the outset, our operational area will cover areas east of Kantvik”, says Jyri Viljanen, Master of MSV Nordica. Arctia Ltd. is a shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of eight icebreakers. The company provides icebreaking services, ice management and specialized multipurpose vessel services, along with the management and chartering of ships in Finland and abroad. In July 2017 Arctia’s multipurpose icebreaker Nordica crossed the Northwest Passage (NWP) for the second time. The vessel currently holds the records for both the earliest and the latest season transits of the NWP. Arctia Ltd. continues the 140-year-old Finnish icebreaking tradition by deploying one of the strongest icebreaker fleets in the world. In Finland, icebreaking services are financed through a market-driven system based on fairway dues. Finnish icebreakers are available for charter missions in polar areas.

This year the Arctic Circle Assembly will be joined by truly concrete Arctic expertise as the Finnish multipurpose icebreaker MSV Nordica moors Miðbakki berth, just a stone’s throw from Harpa Conference Center. According to Arctia Ltd., this vessel has served in fairway icebreaking, ice management and various maritime service tasks all over the Arctic. It currently holds the record for both the earliest and the latest season transit of the Northwest Passage. This July it traversed the Northwest Passage for the second time, carrying on board researchers. The vessel owner Arctia Offshore Ltd. decided to send MSV Nordica to this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly in celebration of the centenary of Finland’s independence and chairmanship in the Arctic Council. Arctia’s President and CEO Mr. Tero Vauraste also currently chairs the Arctic Economic Council.

Arctia says its multipurpose icebreaker Nordica will transit the Northwest Passage (NWP) this July. The NWP is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The vessel departs Vancouver, Canada, on July 5th and will arrive in Nuuk, Greenland, before August 1st. To celebrate the centenary of Finland’s independence in 2017 and Finland’s first year as Chair of the Arctic Council, Arctia Ltd. has invited Finnish and international researchers on board MSV Nordica during this Arctic 100 Expedition.