ABOUT COMPANY PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS PROJECTS SERVICE CAREER CONTACTS About company / Press center / news / The world's first Arctic LNG carrier equipped with navigation equipment Transas About company History Projects Geography Social responsibility Innovation Press center news Exhibitions Publications World's first Arctic LNG carrier equipped with Transas navigation equipment June 08, 2017. June 2017. Transas equipped the world's first icebreaking LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie (owned by PJSC Sovcomflot) with state-of-the-art navigation equipment, which was named after the ceremony at MMPK Bronka (St. Petersburg) with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A feature of this vessel is its ice class Arc7, the use of 3 Azipod-type propellers, as well as the use of the so-called DAS concept (Aker Arctic Technologies Inc.), according to which the vessel can move bow forward in open water and stern forward in ice conditions , thereby carrying out movement in ice without the help of icebreakers. The vessel has two full-fledged wheelhouses - for movement by the stern and movement by the bow. Both navigation bridges are equipped with the TRANSAS MFD navigation system, consisting of 12 multifunctional workstations with a full set of basic applications, including the ECDIS cartographic navigation information system, Navi-Radar 4000 radar station, Navi-Conning 4000 navigation information display system, alarm and alarm tracking system BAMS, as well as the Navi-Planner 4000 route planning station, which allows the ship to be guided along a pre-selected route with minimal involvement of the navigator. The vessel is equipped in full compliance with the requirements of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) and the international classification community BV. All equipment is designed and tested for the ability to operate year-round in harsh climatic conditions at temperatures down to -52 ° C. The uniqueness of the equipment installed by Transas lies in the fact that all workstations located both in the bow and stern bridges are integrated into a single integrated system with the possibility of duplicating the main functions of the ship's operational activities to improve the safety of navigation. This is especially important in the course of the effective implementation of the large-scale Yamal LNG project, for which the LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie is intended. During the naming ceremony for the vessel, Sergei Frank, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Sovcomflot, thanked all the companies that took a direct part in this complex but extremely important project for the future development of the Arctic territories of our country. Photo 1 of 4 Back to news list Copyright 2006-2018 Transas. All rights reserved. Offices and dealers Web-support Privacy Notice