Talk:MT Varzuga

First Western ship
I have removed the following claim In 1997 Uikku became the first Western ship to navigate the entire Northern Sea Route since the expedition by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1878. as it is probably incorrect. Gabriel Kielland (talk) 09:52, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Uikku's journey through the North Sea Route has been widely reported as being the first made by a Western oil tanker, for example a recent article by The Finnish Seamen's Union claims that "The M/t Uikku was the first Western oil tanker to navigate the entire Northern Sea Route", BarentsObserver.com writes that "Then, in autumn 1997, the Uikku sailed the entire Northeast Passage, the first Finnish and Western trade vessel to do so, fetching a cargo of diesel from Provideniya Bay", there's an article by Lawson W. Brigham, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge that contains a sentence "...tanker Uikku, became the first western merchant ship to transit the entire NSR..." (but it can not be accessed with Google for free) and there's a paper by Dynamic Positioning Committee says that "In 1997 Uikku became the first western cargo ship to navigate through the North-east Sea route". Perhaps "the first Western ship" was too much of a generalization - "first Western merchant ship" or "first Western oil tanker" could've been more accurate? I think this should be mentioned in the article whether or not it is actually true as everyone seems to be talking about it - either "Uikku was the first" or "Uikku is often reported as being the first, but...", of course with appropriate sources etc. Do you have any suggestions about how it should be done, assuming that the articles I listed can be used as sources? Tupsumato (talk) 13:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Uikku was hired for the voyage by a joint venture company making the western/eastern dichotomy less clear. How about this:
 * In 1997 Uikku became the first merchant ship under non-soviet flag to navigate the entire Northern Sea Route Gabriel Kielland (talk) 22:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That sounds good. Will you make the necessary changes to the article? Tupsumato (talk) 03:47, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Done. Gabriel Kielland (talk) 22:16, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Link to Azipod in the lead chapter
I reverted the edit which removed the link to the azimuth thruster brand from the lead. The conversion of Uikku was an important milestone in the development of the Azipod concept, not azimuth thrusters in general. However, I changed the wording somewhat.

Furthermore, there is no need to link common units such as kilowatts and megawatts.

Tupsumato (talk) 20:39, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

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