IMO number : 9165877
Name of ship : BOTNICA
Call Sign : OJAK
Gross tonnage : 6370
Type of ship : Ice breaker
Year of build : 1998
Flag : Finland
Registered owner: Finnish State
Ship manager: FINSTASHIP SHIPPING ENTERPRISE

Ice breaker and supply vessel. Built 1998 by Aker Finnyard Oy, Rauma, Finland. Length 96,7 m, breadth 24,0 m, draught as icebreaker 7,2 m, in off-shore use 8,5 m. 12 x 1258 kW Caterpillar 3512B. Fuel tanks 1100 cbm, 2 steering propellers, 3 bow thrusters, deck space 1000 sqm. Crew 20-25, speed in free water 15 kn., in 60 cm solid ice 8 kn.

Arriving Helsinki for crew change in early morning 13.3.2007.

In the winter of 2005/06 Botnica was chartered to the Bay of Mexico to support repair operations following the destruction left by the hurricane Katrina. For details CLICK.