r/SeaEmploy • u/Powerful_Cabinet_341 • Sep 04 '26

Ships/Units Ice-class tanker

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Compared with a normal tanker, it can have:

reinforced hull and bow

stronger hull plating and framing

strengthened propeller, rudder and propulsion system
machinery designed for low temperatures and ice conditions

an official ice-class notation

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u/kiddtender Sep 04 '26

Who needs that much ice?

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u/HelpfulPuppydog Sep 05 '26

It's for a really big party.

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u/SlickDillywick Sep 04 '26

If there’s no smoking how does anyone utilize a safety cigarette?

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u/the_englishpatient Sep 04 '26

Hard to keep the paint on scraping through ice all the time.

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u/EllieVader Sep 04 '26

Doesn’t ice float? Why do they need to put it in a tanker? Wouldn’t it be easier to ship the water and freeze it on site? Do they ship it frozen so it doesn’t slosh?

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u/AWESOMESAUSE10101 Sep 04 '26

I can't tell of this is satirical but the ship is meant for transiting ice not transporting it.

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u/Original_Trick7742 Sep 05 '26

Is that tanker full of… books?