Ice trials

The Navis Engineering dynamic positioning control system and autopilot onboard the icebreaking rescue and emergency vessel Baltika have been approved, following a searching set of Arctic ice trials in the Kara Sea. Developed by Finnish company Aker Arctic Technology, Baltika is the first ship with an asymmetric hull that allows her to break ice ahead and astern, and also at an oblique angle. The trials involved performance tests in two distinct ice thicknesses in ahead and astern directions as well as in the oblique mode. Various operational tests were also carried out to determine its maneuverability and operational capability.