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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

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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

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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

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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,