The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) has chosen Helsinki-headquartered Aker Arctic to design the next-generation Baltic Sea assistance icebreaker as part of the Winter Navigation Motorways of the Sea III (WINMOS III)
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has awarded Elomatic Maritime Technologies GmbH a design and engineering contract to support the construction of Germany’s new Polarstern 2 icebreaker. Set to become the world’s largest and
The Coast Guard has now completed acceptance of the Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) icebreaking vessel Aiviq. On commissioning, it will be renamed Coast Guard Cutter Storis, becoming the second cutter to bear
It’s official, the Coast Guard has now issued a contract for the acquisition of the Edison Chouest Offshore icebreaking vessel Aiviq. The Coast Guard Acquisitions Directorate says that on Nov. 20 it
Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock in North Vancouver, B.C., has successfully completed the Vessel Life Extension (VLE) of the Canadian Coast Guard’s CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier. After undocking at the end of April 2024,
![M/V Aiviq off Alaska in 2012. [USCG photograph]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AiviqUSCG-300x225.jpg)
The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that it will homeport a commercially procured icebreaker in Juneau, Alaska. The Coast Guard is acquiring the Aiviq, a U.S.-registered vessel originally designed for Arctic oil
Brandon Foy, P.E., has joined Bristol, R.I., based Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) as a naval architect. He holds a master’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of
Alaska U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R.-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D.-Alaska) today announced that they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a commercially available Icebreaker
Rauma, Finland, based Steerprop is to supply two arctic tunnel thrusters for the polar icebreaker that Seaspan Shipyards is to build for the Canadian Coast Guard. Being built under Canada’s National Shipbuilding
Finnish based propulsion system specialist Steerprop — whose credentials include delivering solutions for every third icebreaker in operation around the world — has appointed Tom Ekegren as its Arctic segment director. It