''Nordic Odin'' is a

panamax Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal. The limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in a publication titled "Vessel Requirements". ...

bulk carrier A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, econom ...

owned by Nordic Bulk Carriers. She was built by

Oshima Shipbuilding Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. is a privately held Japanese shipbuilding company. The company was founded on February 7, 1973, and began operations in June 1974. It is a joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, a ...

of Saikai, Japan. She was delivered on February 13, 2015. The operation and management of the vessel is contracted out to Unicom Management of

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. Her

gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weigh ...

is 41,071; her

deadweight tonnage Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provi ...

is 76,180 tonnes. She left

Baffinland The Mary River Mine is an open pit iron ore mine on Inuit Owned Land (IOL) operated by the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (BIMC), in the Mary River area of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic Archip ...

's Milne Port with a load of

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...

on August 12, 2015, bound for Gijon, Spain. The first vessel to carry iron ore from the Baffinland Mine was the slightly smaller ''

Federal Tiber ''Federal Tiber'' is a bulk carrier. It was the first freighter to ship iron ore from the Baffinland mines, out of Milne Inlet, on its way to Nordenham, Germany, on August 8, 2015. '' CBC North'' reported it carried 53,624 tonnes of ore. The vess ...

'', which left four days earlier. ''Federal Tiber'' sailed in ice-free conditions, but ''Nordic Odin'' did encounter sea ice. She is rated

ice class Ice class refers to a notation assigned by a classification society or a national authority to denote the additional level of strengthening as well as other arrangements that enable a ship to navigate through sea ice. Some ice classes also have r ...

1A.

References

{{Reflist, refs= {{cite news , url = https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pangaea-logistics-solutions-mv-nordic-125700605.html , title = Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ MV Nordic Odin Completes Pioneering Voyage from Baffin Island to Europe , publisher = Yahoo News , date = 2015-08-31 , accessdate = 2015-12-11 {{cite news , url = http://me-freight.com/news/open/D58775212473A8BBC2257EB5002DF8EAQ=First-Panamax-lot-of-ore-shipped-from , title = First Panamax lot of ore shipped from Canadian Arctic to Europe , publisher = International Seaborne Market , date = 2015-09-03 , accessdate = 2015-12-10 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211011402/http://me-freight.com/news/open/D58775212473A8BBC2257EB5002DF8EAQ=First-Panamax-lot-of-ore-shipped-from , archivedate = 2015-12-11 , url-status = live , quote = The bulk carrier Nordic Odin, operated by Nordic Bulk Carriers A/S, has completed the first trip on iron ore transportation from Baffin Island (Canada) to Europe via the arctic ice, morvesti.ru reports. {{cite news , url = http://shipsmonthly.com/2015/04/17/bulker-with-a-bite/ , title = Bulker With A Bite , accessdate = 2015-12-10 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211011344/http://shipsmonthly.com/2015/04/17/bulker-with-a-bite/ , archivedate = 2015-12-11 , url-status = live , quote = This will also be the case for Nordic Odin following her completion of a short-term charter handling coal from Russia to Japan. The four ships are expected to make Nordic Bulk Carriers the world’s leading operator of 1A ice classed dry bulk tonnage. {{cite news , url = https://www.unicom-cy.com/news/104 , title = Nordic Olympic & Nordic Odin join Unicom’s fleet , date = 2015-02-13 , publisher = Unicom , accessdate = 2015-12-10 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211011353/https://www.unicom-cy.com/news/104 , archivedate = 2015-12-11 , url-status = dead , quote = Swiftly following her sister vessel, ''Nordic Odin'', delivered on the 13th February, will also be bunkering at Busan, South Korea and will then be heading to the Vanino, Russia for the loading of coal. From there she will travel to Kimitsu and Nagoya, Japan, for discharging. {{cite news , url = http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article467490.ece , title = Pangaea bulker in new ice voyage ‘first’ , publisher =

Lloyd's list ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and is ...

, date = 2015-09-01 , accessdate = 2015-12-10 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151101160755/http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article467490.ece , archivedate = 2015-11-01 , url-status = live , quote = A PANGAEA Logistics Solutions panamax bulk carrier has completed a pioneering voyage from Canada’s Baffin Island to Europe through the Arctic ice.The 77,000 dwt Nordic Odin, a joint venture 1A ice-class bulker delivered earlier this year and operated by Pangaea subsidiary Nordic Bulk Carriers. {{cite news , url = http://splash247.com/first-panamax-carries-iron-ore-from-canadas-arctic-to-europe/ , title = First panamax carries iron ore from Canada’s Arctic to Europe , author = Holly Birkett , publisher = Splash247 , date = 2015-08-31 , accessdate = 2015-12-10 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211010823/http://splash247.com/first-panamax-carries-iron-ore-from-canadas-arctic-to-europe/ , archivedate = 2015-12-11 , url-status = live , quote = The 1A ice-classed ship loaded the cargo on August 12 at Milne Port, on the island’s north shore, and arrived at Gijon in Spain on August 23. Bulk carriers 2015 ships Ships built by Oshima Shipbuilding