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The MT Tempera is an ocean-going icebreaking tanker that was finished in 2002. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Using Azipod technology, the MT Tempera and its sister ship the MT Mastera are known as double acting tankers. Azipods or Azimuthing Podded Propulsors have an electrically driven propeller mounted on a steerable pod. With the propellor usually facing forward, similar to an airplane, the propellor is much more efficient. In addition, the pod can apply its force in any direction. Azipods allow ships to be more maneuverable and able to travel backward as easily as it travels forward. Azipod : registered brand name of the ABB company for their Azimuth thruster: these are marine propulsion units consisting of electrically driven propellers mounted on a steerable pod. ... Technology ( Gr. ... The MT Mastera was finished in 2002. ... The article on electrical energy is located elsewhere. ... A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ...


While icebreaking tankers are not new, all icebreaking ships have to compromise their open water performance. The shape that allows icebreakers to break ice is not fuel efficient or handle well in waves. Most cargo vessels will avoid navigating through ice when possible, the MT Tempera and Mastera are no different. These double acting vessels have compromised and travel forward using a conventional bulbed bow in open water for maximum efficiency. In ice conditions these vessels navigate backwards using their stern which is shaped like an icebreakers bow. US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move through ice covered marine environments. ...


Built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries at the Yokosuka Ship Yards. The vessels are in use by the Fortum Shipping Company in Finland. Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ...

  • Length: 252m
  • Width: 44m
  • Draft: 44.m loaded, 15.3m Ballast
  • Displacement: apx. 106,000 dwt
  • Propulsion: 16 MW Azipod
  • Open Water Cruise: 13.5 Kts
  • Ice Rating: 1A Super

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