The Arctic-class diesel electric vessel Monchegorsk, owned by OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, arrived in the port of Dudinka from Shanghai after its first commercial cruise along the eastern part of the Northern Sea Route, the Company's press release said.
The Monchegorsk left Murmansk port on September 16 for its first voyage from Murmansk to Shanghai via Dudinka and Busang. Noteworthy, the container ship was not escorted by icebreakers on the route.
The shipping lane is the shortest for delivering the Company’s products from its production sites to the consumers in the South-Eastern Asia.
The Captain Sergey Kudryavtsev and the crew in general fulfilled their tasks at the highest possible level, thus demonstrating high potential of specialists working in the transport department of the Company and proving their ability to master the most complex logistics problems.
It took no more than 169 hours 15 minutes (7.05 days) to cover the distance from Cape Dezhnev to Dudinka (2240 nautical miles), which means that Monchegorsk set a new record for such a late-in-year navigation season. The vessel’s average speed during this passage was 13.23 knots.
Total length of the round trip Dudinka-Providence Bay-Busang-Shanghai-Nakhodka-Dudinka was 11,320 miles, total duration 58 days, total steaming time 41 days, average speed 11.5 knots. The way from Dudinka via Suez Channel to Shanghai and vv is 24,100 miles, total steaming time 84 days.
Total distance made by the ship along the Northern Sea Route was 5,162 miles including 2,545 miles in clear water and 2,617 miles in ices. Total duration of the voyage by the Northern Sea Route – 15.7 days, average speed 13.7 knots.
Norilsk Nickel owns five ARC-7 ice-class vessels of Norilsk Nickel type and six newbuilds to be delivered in 2011. The vessels are built in accordance with latest environmental and technological safety requirements. The modern technology of double action enables diesel electric vessels of MMC Norilsk Nickel to navigate independently through Arctic ice without ice-breaker support.
MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metal producing company, a leading global producer of nickel, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company specializes also in mining of gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.
The Company’s facilities are located across the world, operating in Russia (Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula), Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.
The Monchegorsk left Murmansk port on September 16 for its first voyage from Murmansk to Shanghai via Dudinka and Busang. Noteworthy, the container ship was not escorted by icebreakers on the route.
The shipping lane is the shortest for delivering the Company’s products from its production sites to the consumers in the South-Eastern Asia.
The Captain Sergey Kudryavtsev and the crew in general fulfilled their tasks at the highest possible level, thus demonstrating high potential of specialists working in the transport department of the Company and proving their ability to master the most complex logistics problems.
It took no more than 169 hours 15 minutes (7.05 days) to cover the distance from Cape Dezhnev to Dudinka (2240 nautical miles), which means that Monchegorsk set a new record for such a late-in-year navigation season. The vessel’s average speed during this passage was 13.23 knots.
Total length of the round trip Dudinka-Providence Bay-Busang-Shanghai-Nakhodka-Dudinka was 11,320 miles, total duration 58 days, total steaming time 41 days, average speed 11.5 knots. The way from Dudinka via Suez Channel to Shanghai and vv is 24,100 miles, total steaming time 84 days.
Total distance made by the ship along the Northern Sea Route was 5,162 miles including 2,545 miles in clear water and 2,617 miles in ices. Total duration of the voyage by the Northern Sea Route – 15.7 days, average speed 13.7 knots.
Norilsk Nickel owns five ARC-7 ice-class vessels of Norilsk Nickel type and six newbuilds to be delivered in 2011. The vessels are built in accordance with latest environmental and technological safety requirements. The modern technology of double action enables diesel electric vessels of MMC Norilsk Nickel to navigate independently through Arctic ice without ice-breaker support.
MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metal producing company, a leading global producer of nickel, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company specializes also in mining of gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.
The Company’s facilities are located across the world, operating in Russia (Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula), Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.