{"id":10422,"date":"2020-05-25T20:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/brodosplit-splashes-quark-expeditions-new-polar-vessel\/10422\/"},"modified":"2020-05-25T20:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:16:57","slug":"brodosplit-splashes-quark-expeditions-new-polar-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/brodosplit-splashes-quark-expeditions-new-polar-vessel\/10422\/","title":{"rendered":"Brodosplit splashes Quark Expedition\u2019s new polar vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has launched the technologically-advanced polar vessel,\u00a0Ultramarine, being built for Quark Expeditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“That very moment when ‘ship first meets water’ is a major milestone for any vessel. The sound of\u00a0Ultramarine’s hull entering the water from slipway No. 2 into Supaval Bay signified we’re one step closer to exploring the polar regions on this game-changing ship,” <\/em>Andrew White<\/strong>, President, Quark Expeditions, said.<\/p>\n

“Ultramarine\u00a0will be an unrivalled operational base for exploring the polar regions in ways never thought possible.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Ordered in June 2018, the 128-meter-long Ultramarine has the capacity to accommodate up to 200 passengers. The value of the ship is around \u20ac 106 million.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

With a Polar Code PC 6 classification and an ice class 1A, the 13,500 GT Marshall Islands-flagged ship will have a cruising speed of 16 knots. It was designed by Norway\u2019s LMG Marin AS. <\/p>\n

The 199-passenger\u00a0Ultramarine<\/em>\u00a0features two twin-engine helicopters, 20 quick-launching Zodiacs, and a robust portfolio of off-ship adventure options in the entire industry, including heli-skiing, alpine kayaking and heli-hiking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The vessel, scheduled for launching expeditions in 2021, will feature optimized fuel consumption, water, provisioning, and waste-handling systems. It will also feature a dynamic positioning system, eliminating potential damage to sensitive seabed areas from anchor dropping. <\/p>\n

“The launch of any ship is complex and once underway, uncontrolled until the vessel is attached to tugs standing by,”<\/em> says\u00a0Malcolm Ellis<\/strong>, Senior Vice-President, Operations for Quark Expeditions.<\/p>\n

“The total time involved from trigger release until the vessel is stopped in the water is little more than a minute or two. Yet, the potential for damage in that time period is greater than at any time during the ship’s many years of service.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has launched the technologically-advanced polar vessel,\u00a0Ultramarine, being built for Quark Expeditions. “That very moment when ‘ship first meets water’ is a major milestone for any vessel. The sound of\u00a0Ultramarine’s hull entering the water from slipway No. 2 into Supaval Bay signified we’re one step closer to exploring the polar regions on this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[6570,5279,1140,6572,5837,549],"class_list":["post-10422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-brodosplit","tag-expeditions","tag-polar","tag-quark","tag-splashes","tag-vessel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/10423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}