Vidar Viking

History
Name: Vidar Viking
Owner: Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS
Port of registry:
Builder: Havyard Leirvik A.S., Leirvik, Norway
Yard number: 284[2]
Laid down: 14 December 1999[2]
Launched: 25 November 2000[2]
Completed: 16 February 2001[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)
  • 7.244 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

Vidar Viking is an icebreaker and anchor handling tug.[4][5] 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 Balder Viking.[6] She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

In late January 2010 the Swedish Maritime Administration called for Vidar Viking and Tor Viking to serve as icebreakers in the Baltic Sea.[7] The vessels are chartered on a contingency bases — where Trans Viking's parent company, Transatlantic, pays a basic flat fee for the vessels to be available, within ten days, without regard to whether they are used. Their previous usage was in 2007. The contract expired in 2015.

In February 2010 Balder Viking, Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered by Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.[8]

In 2012, the Swedish Maritime Administration agreed to end the charter for Vidar Viking prematurely for the 2011–2012 Baltic Sea icebreaking season and all subsequent seasons. The vessel then provided icebreaking services for the Estonian Maritime Administration for one winter season before heading to Sakhalin where she provided icebreaking, supply and anchor handling services starting from summer 2012. After six months, she was reflagged to Russia and her crew changed to Russians.[9][10] Vidar Viking was reflagged to Danish International Register of Shipping in 2016 and to Norway in 2017.

Since 2016, Davie Shipbuilding has offered Vidar Viking and her sister ships together with the US-flagged Aiviq to the Canadian Coast Guard as a replacement for the ageing Canadian icebreakers.[11]

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.[12] Once retrofitted the vessels will be issued to the Canadian Coast Guard.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vidar Viking (9199646)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vidar Viking (21805)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Vidar Viking (9199646)". Sea-web. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "AHTS/Icebreaker Vidar Viking - Main Characteristics". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Vidar Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Balder Viking". Arctic Logistics Information And Support. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "TransAtlantic's icebreakers are called in for icebreaking in Baltic Sea". PR Inside. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. TransAtlantic has a long-term contract with the SMA, which entails that the vessels must be available during the first quarter of the year as required and within ten days for icebreaking in the Baltic Sea. In return, Transatlantic receives an annual basic fee, regardless of whether icebreaking is conducted or not. If icebreaking is conducted, the fee is increased. The contract expires in 2015, with an option to extend for an additional 15 years.
  8. ↑ "TransAtlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels". Trading Markets. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010.
  9. ↑ Russia: Sakhalin Energy Hires Vidar Viking AHTS. Offshore Energy Today, 26 December 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Viking Supply Ships and Sakhalin Energy start cooperation. Viking Supply Ships, 30 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Project Resolute. Davie Shipbuilding. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Viking Supply Ships". www.vikingsupply.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "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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