Vard Marine to design icebreaking vessel for Chile
FEBRUARY 2, 2016 – Vard Marine has secured a contract worth EUR 4 million for the design of an Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy. Based in the U.S. and Canada,
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Wartsila to design world’s largest krill fishing factory ship
JANUARY 15, 2016 —Wärtsilä is designing the world’s biggest and most modern krill fishing factory vessel. The 115 m long vessel will have onboard processing factories for the production of frozen krill,
Wartsila to design world’s largest krill fishing factory ship
JANUARY 15, 2016 —Wärtsilä is designing the world’s biggest and most modern krill fishing factory vessel. The 115 m long vessel will have onboard processing factories for the production of frozen krill,
Polar Star frees fishing vessel trapped in ice
FEBRUARY 15, 2015—On Friday evening, February 14, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star freed the Australian-flagged fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain from ice some 900 miles northwest of
Polar Star joins Arctic rescue saga
JANUARY 4, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is the latest icebreaker to get drawn into the saga that began Christmas Eve when the members of the Australasian Antarctic
Antarctic expedition waits for helicopter rescue
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013-2014 spent their New Year’s Eve tramping down the ice (while singing Auld Lang Syne) to make a makeshift helipad. Their chartered
Expedition ship still iced in
DECEMBER 30, 2013 — A former Soviet research ship remains stuck in ice some 1,500 miles south of Hobart, Tasmania, with 74 people aboard. The Russian-flag MV Akademik Shokalski, on charter to