USCG icebreaker Healey reaches North Pole
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 — Within days of President Barack Obama announcing plans to accelerate and expand the U.S. Coast Guard’s polar icebreaker acquisition program, the U.S. made its point about being an
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USCG icebreaker Mackinaw completes repairs
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — The United States Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw (WLBB-30) recently completed repairs at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, to prepare for winter operations on the Great Lakes. Winter
Knut E. Hansen unveils design for expedition cruise ship
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 — One of the reasons why President Barack Obama wants to accelerate acquisition of increased Coast Guard icebreaker capacity (see earlier story) is that climate change and receding ice
Shell gets BSEE approval for Alaska drilling
AUGUST 17, 2015 — The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has now given Shell the go ahead to conduct exploratory drilling activities into potential oil-bearing zones offshore Alaska at one
Great Lakes shipyard drydocks USCG cutter
JULY 14, 2015 — USCG Cutter Katmai Bay (WTGB-101) arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, for drydocking, inspection, maintenance, and repairs July 8. The 140-foot Bay-class icebreaking tug was hauled out
Shell icebreaker to be repaired at Vigor’s Portland shipyard
JULY 13, 2015 — MSV Fennica, the Finnish multipurpose icebreaker on charter to Shell, is to go to Vigor Industrial’s Portland, OR, shipyard for repairs to the one inch wide by three
Shell icebreaker forced back to port by hull fracture
JULY 7, 2015 —A Finnish multipurpose icebreaker on charter to Shell had to return to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, early Friday morning after its hull was found to have a fracture. The vessel
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 makes progress on Antarctic rescue mission
FEBRUARY 12, 2015 — The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker CG Polar Star is making slow but steady progress to assist an Australian-flagged fishing vessel trapped by ice in Antarctica. The 399-foot Polar
Nuclear icebreaker will have Fluidmecanica winch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Fluidmecanica, Vigo, Spain, is to supply the main towing winch for a nuclear-powered icebreaker (Project 22220 LC-60YA) to be built at the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in St. Petersburg,