page_title: Kontio (icebreaker)
hierarchical_section_title: Kontio (icebreaker)
caption_attribution_description: English: Finnish icebreaker Kontio assisting ships off Kemi, Finland, in February 2012.
context_page_description: Kontio is a Finnish state-owned icebreaker. Built by Wärtsilä Helsinki shipyard in 1987 as a replacement for the aging Karhu-class icebreakers, she and her sister ship Otso were the first Finnish post-war icebreaker to be built without bow propellers.
  In addition to icebreaker duties, Kontio has been fitted for oil spill response by the European Maritime Safety Agency.
context_section_description: Kontio is a Finnish state-owned icebreaker. Built by Wärtsilä Helsinki shipyard in 1987 as a replacement for the aging Karhu-class icebreakers, she and her sister ship Otso were the first Finnish post-war icebreaker to be built without bow propellers.
  In addition to icebreaker duties, Kontio has been fitted for oil spill response by the European Maritime Safety Agency.
caption: Kontio assisting ships off Kemi, Finland, in February 2012.
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