Nordic-Qinngua

The 'Norddic Qinngua' assisted two ocean going rowers on Aug 18, 2022, en route from Milne Inlet to Rotterdam around 1,500 kilometers off Land's End. The two rowers from the Faroe Islandshad tried to cross the Atlantic in a special boat, but sent out a distress call from their life raft in the early hours of the day after the boat had sunk. The call was intercepted by the British Coast Guard whichthen alerted the RAF in Lossiemouth, which had a crew of the 201 Squadron resting for an upcoming night flight and also contacted the "Nordic Qinngua", which was closest to the scene of the accident. The bulk carrier changed course in the direction of the shipwrecked rowers. Conditions at sea were very difficult, but thanks to skillful maneuvers the freighter managed to go alongside the liferaft and take the oarsmen on board. The British Boeing P-8A Poseidon hoisted the castaways shortly before noon.

A number of vessels got stuck in ice along the Northern Sea Route, most of them awaiting icebreaker assistance to be guided through the ice. The 'Nordic Quinngua', enroute from Milne Inlet to Nakhodka, the 'Golden Pearl', en route from Murmansk to Lanshan, and the 'UHL Fusion', en route from Esbjerg to Vladivostok, were led thorugh the Laptev Sea by the nuclear icebreaker 'Taymyr'. The bulk carriers 'Nordic Nuluujaak', en route from Milne Inlet to Nakhodka, and 'Golden Suek', en route from Murmansk to China, were still stuck, waiting to be freed in the East Siberian Sea. The 'Poolgracht', en route from Dongjing to Gydan, 'UHL Faith', en route from Taicang to Hamburg, and the 'UHL Flash', en route from Taicang to Rotterdam, were stuck in the Vil'kitskogo Strait resp. Laptev Sea as well. About a dozen Russian cargo ships were also positioned along the route, either waiting for icebreaker assistance or trying to find passages through the ice floes.