Finnish-Swedish ice class

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.

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 requirements for hull structural design, engine output and performance in ice according to the regulations issued by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) and the Swedish Maritime Administration.