Ice going vessels need special features in order to fulfill efficient and required operation in ice. This accordingly can create challenges to the production, which can be solved. Aker Arctic as a designer of ice class vessels can identify these critical areas and ensure that construction is done based on design requirements and details.
At first Aker Arctic defines the critical points of the design. Mostly these are related to hull production, but there are also items in the machinery and piping outfitting. The quality plan is done for the mentioned points and agreed with the customer about the follow up during the production. This can be done for example the Aker Arctic specialists participate in certain tests or production phases. The final check will be done during the commission stage of the vessel.
