Breaking the Ice: The Northern Sea Route

... which unlike anything before not only had the knack to break through heavy ice as thick as 1.5 metres at 1-2 knots, but also carry enormous amounts of cargo at the same time. Aker Yard from Finland took on to build the first diesel-electric ship of this Arctic-Class and then four more were launched in Germany (Telegraph, 2012). Norilsk Nickel’s first ship of this new Aker ACS 650 Type was 'rather originally' called Norilskiy Nickel, so no prizes there, but it did clinch certain achievements, aside from sporting three 56 tons diesel engines that each produced 6,000 k/w of power (an equivalent of 20 ...