NEW ON BOARD
new Polar Logistics Vessel will be built by PIRIOU shipyard
Adélie Land, Antarctica, in winter 2018. The Polar Logistics Vessel
and Aker Arctic is making a basic design for the vessel. Aker
is based on a concept developed by Marine Assistance (France).
Arctic will also provide technical support in hull and ice-related
The icebreaking capability will be verified by model tests at Aker
matters to the shipyard during the construction of the vessel in
Arctic’s ice model basin in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to per-
Concarneau, France. The 72-metre Polar Logistics Vessel is a logis-
forming the basic design of the new Polar Logistics Vessel, Aker
tics ship and patrol icebreaker that can accommodate up to 60 per-
Arctic will support the shipyard during the design and construc-
sons on board, carry 1 200 tonnes of cargo and fit one helicopter.
tion of the vessel in the special requirements of building an ice-
It will be jointly owned and operated by the French Southern and
going vessel. Fourteen weeks of on-site engineering support in
Antarctic Lands (Terres ]\