Finnpusku is an integrated tug and barge system owned and operated by ESL Shipping, a Finnish shipping company that specializes in bulk cargo transports in the Baltic Sea. The system was developed in
Pusher Rautaruukki and barge Kalla outside Luleå, Sweden.
Pusher Rautaruukki with the barge Botnia outside Raahe, Finland, with the Raahe Steel Works in the background.
Pusher Steel without a barge in the port of Raahe. The Wärtsilä Marine Locomotive coupling devices are visible in the hull behind the superstructure.
Rautaruukki and Tasku at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard on 26 June 2011.
Finnish–Swedish ice class is an ice class assigned to a vessel operating in first-year ice in the Baltic Sea and calling at Finnish or Swedish ports. Ships are divided into six ice classes based on re
Finnpusku
…NT and 14,447 DWT. The combination is classified by Det Norske Veritas with a class notation of +1A1, Pusher/Barge Unit, Ice IA+. It has the highest Finnish-Swedish ice class, 1A Super, which means that it is designed to operate in difficult ice conditions mainly without icebreaker assistance. Thanks to the icebreaker bow…
Product tanker Georg Essberger waiting for icebreaker assistance outside Loviisa in the Gulf of Finland. Its ice class, 1A, fulfilled the minimum requirements of the traffic restrictions at that time and the ship was escorted to port.
Cruiseferries sailing on regular routes between Finland, Sweden and Estonia are usually built to the highest Finnish–Swedish ice class, 1A Super. Due to their high engine power, the cruiseferries do not normally require icebreaker assistance.