A brief look at Aiviq

Aiviq is a highly sophisticated 200 tonnes bollard pull anchorhandler for Arctic conditions. Photo courtesy US Coastguard

The world’s media focused on Alaska at the beginning of the year when the Royal Dutch Shell ‘Arctic’-class drilling unit Kulluk was driven aground by violent weather on the southeast shoreline of nearby Sitkalidak Island on December 31, 2012.

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