ROYAL ARCTIC LINE'S NEW CONTAINER VESSEL	10/10/2005
	Royal assistance at MARY ARCTICA’s naming ceremony The naming ceremony of Royal Arctic Line’s new container vessel ’MARY ARCTICA’ was quite fittingly carried out by H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth. The MARY ARCTICA, which left the Polish Gdansk Shipyard Remontowa on 21st March 2005 has received a royal name and undergone a royal naming ceremony. The container ship, which Royal Arctic Line ordered just over 2 years ago, was designed by Grontmij | Carl Bro Marine and christened in Copenhagen on 7th April in the presence of royalty assisted by her namesake, H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth. Shortly after the naming ceremony MARY ARCTICA sailed to Greenland, and from there she will go into service between Aalborg in Denmark and various harbours in Greenland. Built to the highest ice class This ship is second generation, designed by Grontmij | Carl Bro Marine for Royal Arctic Line and is especially suited to the harsh conditions of Greenlandic waters and the tough environmental conditions and safety requirements in the seas in which she is to sail. This ship is built with a double hull for her full length extending into the engine room and is built to the highest ice-class ICE 1A Super. MARY ARCTICA has a shell plating forward with a thickness of up to 30 mm and a 50 mm stem plate. Additionally an ice-knife is fitted above the rudder and ice-fins in front of the propeller. The main engine is a MAN B&W 6S46MCC with 7860 kW at 129rev/min. The ship is the biggest ever built at Remontowa Shipyard.