icebreaking ability

  • 1Double acting ship — MT Tempera, the first double acting tanker, breaking ice astern Double acting ship (DAS) is a type of icebreaking merchant ship designed to run ahead in open water and astern (in layman s terms, backwards) in ice. Such ships can operate… …

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  • 2Icebreaker — [ thumb|right|300px|German icebreaker Polarstern ] An icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice covered waters. Although the term usually refers to icebreaking ships, it can also refer to smaller… …

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  • 3United States Coast Guard — portal Active 4 August 1790–present …

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  • 4ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …

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  • 5MT Mastera — The MT Mastera and its sister ship the MT Tempera are icebreakers known as double acting tankers. They use Azipod azimuth thruster technology. The MT Mastera was finished in 2002.While icebreaking tankers are not new, all icebreaking ships have… …

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  • 6Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory — Established 1 February 1961 (1 February 1961) Research Type …

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  • 7MV Xue Long — The Xue Long is a Chinese icebreaker and research vessel.cite news url=http://www.newzeal.com/theme/Ships/China/xuelong.htm title=XUE LONG page= pages= publisher=MARITIME SHIP COVERS FROM NEW ZEALAND author= date= accessdate=2008 01 26 quote=The… …

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