MS Nordic Orion
The bow of the Nordic Orion in 2019 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nordic Orion |
| Owner | Bulk Nordic Orion Ltd. |
| Operator | Seamar Management S.A. |
| Port of registry | Panama City, Panama |
| Ordered | 27 March 2006 |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 10 June 2010 |
| Launched | 17 December 2010 |
| Completed | 4 February 2011 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bulk carrier |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Beam | 32.31 m (106 ft) |
| Draught | 14.089 m (46 ft) |
| Depth | 19.39 m (64 ft) |
| Ice class | DNV ICE-1A |
| Installed power | MAN 6S60MC-C |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; fixed pitch propeller |
| Speed | 12.9 knots (23.9 km/h; 14.8 mph) |
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MS Nordic Orion is a Danish bulk carrier registered in Panama City. A coal and ore carrier, Nordic Orion has a capacity of 75,603 tonnes deadweight (DWT). It was built in 2011 by Oshima Shipbuilding. Nordic Orion has an ice-strengthened hull, and it is notable for being the first large sea freighter to transit the Arctic Northwest Passage. It is owned and operated by Nordic Bulk Carriers.