Balder Viking

Balder Viking in Aberdeen
History
Name: Balder Viking
Owner: Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS
Port of registry:
Builder: Havyard Leirvik A.S., Leirvik, Norway[2]
Yard number: 283[2]
Laid down: 28 April 1999[2]
Launched: 26 April 2000[2]
Completed: 24 October 2000[2]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics [2]
Tonnage:
Length: 83.7 m (275 ft)
Beam: 18 m (59 ft)
Draught:
  • 6.5 m (21 ft) (icebreaking)
  • 7.242 m (24 ft) (maximum)
Depth: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Ice class: DNV ICE-10 Icebreaker
Installed power:
  • 2 × MaK 8M32 (2 × 3,840 kW)
  • 2 × MaK 6M32 (2 × 2,880 kW)[3]
Propulsion: Two ducted controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (maximum)
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (service)[3]
Crew: 23

Balder Viking is an icebreaker and Anchor handling tug.[4][5][6] She is owned and operated by a Norwegian company, Trans Viking, but she is registered in Sweden. She has two sister ships, Tor Viking and Vidar Viking.[7] She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

In February 2010 Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.[4]

Since 2016, Davie Shipbuilding has offered Balder Viking and her sister ships together with the US-flagged Aiviq to the Canadian Coast Guard as a replacement for the ageing Canadian icebreakers.[8]

On 10 August 2018, Viking Supply Ships announced the sale of three icebreaking, anchor-handling tugs, Tor Viking, Balder Viking and Vidar Viking to Canada.[9] Once retrofitted the vessels will be issued to the Canadian Coast Guard.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Balder Viking (9199634)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Balder Viking (21804)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Balder Viking (9199634)". Sea-web. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels". Trading Markets. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics". Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Vidar Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "Balder Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Project Resolute. Davie Shipbuilding. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Viking Supply Ships". www.vikingsupply.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Canada Buys Commercial Icebreakers for its Coast Guard". Maritime Executive. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018. On Monday, Norwegian harsh-environment OSV operator Viking Supply Ships announced that it has sold three icebreaking anchor handlers to the government of Canada, which will retrofit them for use by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).
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