Ice breaking system for floating body

Floating body or ship body with an ice breaking system, comprising:

• at least one front floating body region or a bow region projecting over a line of a water area on the floating body or ship body;
• at least one trimming tank provided respectively in a front floating body region or bow region and in a rear floating body region or ship body region;
• and
• a system for filling the trimming tanks with liquid and emptying the trimming tanks, to increase weight with a filled trimming tank and to reduce the weight with an emptied trimming tank, for producing at least an ice breaking, pitching movement of the front floating body region or bow region,
• wherein:
• at least one trimming channel connects the front and rear trimming tank to each other in terms of flow,
• two trimming channels are provided in a region of opposing floating bodies or ship sides,
• trimming tanks and trimming channels are formed as a closed trimming system,
• trimming tanks and trimming channels are protected against icing outwardly by cofferdams of the floating body or ship body,
• the system for filling and emptying the trimming tanks comprises at least one fluid conveying system which is provided in terms of flow between the trimming tanks, and
• front and rear trimming tanks can be filled and emptied in terms of weight in an opposing manner periodically in order to produce an ice breaking, pitching movement.