Destination: Quebec City, Canada
From: Yokohama, Japan

https://www.fednav.com/en/media/fednav-welcomes-mv-arvik-i-its-newest-icebreaking-bulk-carrier
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 29, 2021—Fednav Limited is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of its latest Polar Class 4 icebreaking bulk carrier—the MV Arvik I. This new state-of-the-art vessel will replace the 43-year old MV Arctic. The Canadian-flag, Arvik I will trade between St. Lawrence River ports and Deception Bay, servicing Glencore’s Raglan Mine, commencing mid-May 2021.

Ordered through Sumitomo Corporation and built by Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) shipyards Japan, the 31,000-DWT mine resupply vessel is a sister ship to Fednav’s two other Polar Class 4 icebreaking bulk carriers, the MV Nunavik, delivered in 2014 and the Canadian-flagged MV Umiak I delivered in 2006, currently the most powerful icebreaking bulk carriers in the world.

https://www.fednav.com/en/arvik-i
Flag: CANADIAN
Built: 2021 - JAPAN MARINE UNITED JP
Ship Type: Handysize
Status: Owned
Ice Class: PC4

https://www.glencore.ca/en/Media-and-insights/Insights/Raglan-Mines-New-Icebreaking-Bulk-Carrier-is-Named
Arvik means “bowhead whale” in Inuktitut. The bowhead whale has an important place in the food traditions of Nunavimmiut, characterized by mutual aid and sharing. Bowheads are able to use their large reinforced skulls and powerful bodies to break through ice 20 centimetres thick.