Double acting ship
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title:
Double acting ship
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A double acting ship is a type of icebreaking ship designed to travel forwards in open water and thin ice, but turn around and proceed astern (backwards) in heavy ice conditions. In this way, the ship can operate independently in severe ice conditions without icebreaker assistance but retain better open water performance than traditional icebreaking vessels. Double acting ships carrying liquid cargo are generally referred as double acting tankers. In the early 1990s Kværner Masa-Yards Arctic Tec
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Type of icebreaking ship designed to break heavy ice while going astern
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_acting_ship
date created:
2010-02-05T19:33:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T03:58:50Z
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