Breaking the Ice: The Northern Sea Route

... 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 ... ... the better crane driver. In addition to Norilsk Nickel, Aker technologies in 2007 were bought by the Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot. As a result, a new line of super tankers were instigated with similar characteristics of Arc 7, double hull concept,...