ARCTIC STAR
Bayonne - 27-12-2011
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ARCTIC SKY (Valletta)
IMO 9111242
Main dimensions : 131,60x19,30x8,80 m
Draught  7,00 m - JB
Gross :  7 249 t
DWT :  7 239 t
Engine : P 4 690 kW (Man et B&W- 6L 42 MC)
Speed : 13,5 Knots
Cap. 9 861 m3 / 272 evp
Cranes 4x12,5  t à 20 m - Constr. 
Built in 1990 by Stocznia Gdanska im Lenina (Poland) - Propr/Gérant
Owner & Manager : Solchart Ltd Oy, (Helsinki, Finland) - Pav. 
Flag : Malta
Ex AKADEMIK GLUSHKO (1991 - 2000) - TEGRA (2000 - 2002)
The ARCTIC STAR was one of those I missed in Istanbul because she passed by night. Tuesday, December 27 in the afternoon, enjoying a spring day, I went for a walk along the quays of Tarnos. I chatted a few minutes with a crew member, then I've been welcomed on board and authorized by her Master to visit this beautiful general cargo ship, chartered by the Russian-Finnish company Solchart. The chief officer Sergey was my guide on board. The Arctic Star is a robust "super ice class" freighter with its icebreaker bow, one unit of a serie built in Poland for Russia. A vessel as I like, with human dimensions, and whose design and utilization could be interpreted as an evolution of the PIONER MOSKVY type vessels.

The interior is simple and classic, with of course a sauna, essential to any Russian ship, the mess room, the kitchen, video room, etc.. There are 20 crew members on board, including four Arkhangelsk maritime school cadets. I didn't have the opportunity to visit the engine room but I could closely observe at the level of the hold No. 1, the work of the bucket gorging on urea and spitting it into a hopper. Urea is a nitrogen fertilizer commonly used on the cover of the summer crops. This finished product was loaded at Damietta in Egypt. I could also visit the various compartments techniques under the forecastle.

The ARCTIC SKY is in Bayonne at least until Thursday 29 to unload 6,500 tons of urea. Then, she will head up to Finland to load sawn timber and will return to Egypt to unload. And who knows, maybe she will load again more fertilizer for Bayonne?

A big thank you to Sergey for his kindness, and the Master of the ARCTIC STAR.

Le ARCTIC STAR faisait partie de ceux que j'avais manqué à Istanbul parce que passé de nuit. Mardi 27 décembre après midi, profitant d'un après midi printanier, je suis allé me promener sur les quais de Tarnos et après avoir bavardé depuis la coupée quelques petites minutes avec un membre d'équipage, j'ai été invité à bord et autorisé, par son commandant à visiter ce joli cargo la compagnie russo-finlandaise SOLCHART. Le "chief officer" Sergey m'a très aimablement servi de guide. Le ARCTIC STAR est un robuste cargo "super ice class" avec son étrave de brise glace, issu d'une série construite en Pologne pour la Russie. Un cargo de dimension humaine, comme je les aime, et dont la conception et l'utilisation pourraient être interprétées comme une évolution des PIONER MOSKVY.


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