Icebreakers

hoom wrote:I know what its for but look at the video, the chain very nearly lands on a couple of dock guys & its not impossible for a length to have flicked out into the crowd, particularly as you say if it'd have caught on something.

Edit: another angle

kvs wrote:

This is obvious incompetence. Not only was the there the high chance of killing people, but the chain was not supposed to drag along the ground
since it could have got caught on some obstacle causing the anchor to fly off and rip up the deck railing and maybe even the joint between
the deck and the hull. That is not a cheap, cosmetic repair.

Russia is still afflicted by this sort of culture of shoddy workplace behaviour since the USSR period and even before 1917. Many 3rd world
countries have similar cultural issues. But there has been substantial evolution away from this since 1991. But it will take a couple of generations
to entrench the new culture and for the old one to finally fade away.

Heading for Arctic waters, 55 year old Russian icebreaker gets engine troubles off Norwegian coast

There is stormy weather on the west Norwegian coast and the Russian icebreaker on Tuesday morning reported that it was experiencing a halt in engine power.

The ship was located off the coast of Ålesund when the situation occured. A helicopter from the Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre quickly made it to the site, and tugboats are on their way, the rescue service informed.

There are 33 people onboard the ship that is owned and operated by Rosmorport, the Russian state port and logistics company.

The 84,5 meters long «Tor» is built in 1964 and has St.Petersburg as its home port. It is on its way to Sabetta, the Russian seaport in the peninsula of Sabetta.

According to Norwegian rescue services, the ship later in the morning retained parts of its engine power and the situation is no longer consider critical, broadcaster NRK reports.

owais.usmani wrote:https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2019/10/heading-arctic-waters-55-year-old-russian-icebreaker-gets-engine-troubles-norwegian-coast

Heading for Arctic waters, 55 year old Russian icebreaker gets engine troubles off Norwegian coast

There is stormy weather on the west Norwegian coast and the Russian icebreaker on Tuesday morning reported that it was experiencing a halt in engine power.

The ship was located off the coast of Ålesund when the situation occured. A helicopter from the Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre quickly made it to the site, and tugboats are on their way, the rescue service informed.

There are 33 people onboard the ship that is owned and operated by Rosmorport, the Russian state port and logistics company.

The 84,5 meters long «Tor» is built in 1964 and has St.Petersburg as its home port. It is on its way to Sabetta, the Russian seaport in the peninsula of Sabetta.

According to Norwegian rescue services, the ship later in the morning retained parts of its engine power and the situation is no longer consider critical, broadcaster NRK reports.

Russia’s newest and largest nuclear icebreaker Arktika will begin sea trials on December 12, announced the constructing shipyard Baltiysky Zavod. The vessel represents the first in a series of five new icebreakers to be commissioned over the next few years. The vessel’s sister ships Sibir and Ural have also been launched, with a yet-to-be-named fourth and fifth vessel ordered in August 2019.

Sea trials will be conducted in the Gulf of Finland and will test the icebreaker’s propulsion system, communication and navigation equipment, and deck installations. Commissioning is expected for April 2020 at which point Rosatomflot, the country’s operator of all nuclear icebreakers, will take possession. The ship will operate in the Barents, Pechora and Kara Seas, as well as in shallow waters of the Yenisei estuary and Ob Bay....
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