She left Baffinland's Milne Port with a load of iron ore on August 12, 2015, bound for Gijon, Spain.[1][2][5][6] The first vessel to carry iron ore from the Baffinland Mine was the slightly smaller Federal Tiber, which left four days earlier. Federal Tiber sailed in ice-free conditions, but Nordic Odin did encounter sea ice. She is rated ice class 1A.
^ ab"Pangaea bulker in new ice voyage 'first'". Lloyd's list. 2015-09-01. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10. 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.
^"Bulker With A Bite". Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-10. 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.
^"Nordic Olympic & Nordic Odin join Unicom's fleet". Unicom. 2015-02-13. Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-10. 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.