through sea ice. Some ice classes also have requirements for the ice-going performance of the vessel. Not all ships are built to an ice class. Building...

Finnish-Swedish ice class is an ice class assigned to a vessel operating in first-year ice in the Baltic Sea and calling at Finnish or Swedish ports. Ships...

includes classes 403, 407 and 408 which are additionally specified as ICE 3, New ICE 3 and ICE 3neo respectively and formerly the retired class 406 or ICE 3M...

Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed...

Ice navigation vessel or Ice-strengthened vessel is a class of ships specially prepared for independent ice navigation in the waters of the polar seas...

navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it...

ICE 3 also has been the development base for the Siemens Velaro family of trainsets which has subsequently been exported to RENFE in Spain (AVE Class...

Pohjanmaa-class corvettes will feature an ice-strengthened hull and ability to operate independently in ice. Although no Finnish-Swedish ice class exists...

named Valentin Pikul, after a soviet historical novelist. Arc7 is a RMRS ice class of polar-capable ships. The fifteen first-generation Yamalmax LNG carriers...

oil and ore, the vessel is not only ice strengthened with a Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super, but has a CASPPR Class 3 or CAC 4 rating. This means it is...

ice-racers include Bridgestone Blizzaks and Nokian Hakkapeliittas. Ice racing includes a motorcycle class which is the equivalent of Speedway on ice....

replacement for the ice patrol ship HMS Endurance and was purchased by the British Ministry of Defence in early September 2013. As DNV Ice Class 05 the vessel...

in late 2015 the trains were rebranded 'ICE 4', at the unveiling of the first train set, and given the class designation 412 by Deutsche Bahn. Two pre-production...

Sea ice arises as seawater freezes. Because ice is less dense than water, it floats on the ocean's surface (as does fresh water ice). Sea ice covers about...

sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6), towage and salvage operations and general assistance to...

carrier" etc. It may also include class notations denoting special abilities of the vessel. Examples of this include an ice class, fire fighting capability,...

ships having an ice class of Polar Class 5, meaning that they were capable of limited icebreaking, based on the Norwegian Svalbard class. This announcement...

viable by 2040. The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping maintains an ice class. The Rosneft corporation often contracts the Zvezda Shipyard to build...

completed in June 2021. She is the world's largest ice class expedition yacht, bearing a Polar Class rating of PC6. Following the success of Crystal Esprit...

(Class 401) and up to 14 intermediate cars (Classes 801 to 804). Occasionally, power cars and intermediate cars of the ICE 2 are used as well (Classes...

ship in service in Finland until 2013. The ship has a Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A so she can operate all year round. During a crisis, the main task for...

more reliable than the ICE 3 (Class 403/406). The train is also expected to use up to 20% less energy than previous versions of ICE. This is achieved in...

Yamalmax is a class of ice navigation tankers for the transportation of LNG with maximum dimensions that allow passing through the approach channel of...

the oil had to be transported to smaller ships of higher ice class at the edge of the ice — a practice that was both uneconomical and hazardous. To solve...

provide Lloyds ice class 1C protection (thin or broken first year ice to a maximum depth of 0.4m). Involved strengthening the bow section, ice belt region...

classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Her ice class will be Polar Class 2, the second highest ice class according to the International Association of...

The V class is a series of 7 container ships built for Maersk Line. They were the largest container ships with ice class 1A when they were built. The ships...

Shipping ice class ABS A3 which indicates that she is strengthened for navigation in polar ice conditions with the presence of multiyear ice floes. Furthermore...

spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One...

Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice...