Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker

Port Weller Dry Docks picked for icebreaker life extension project

Canada’s Heddle Shipyards has been awarded the vessel life extension of the Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen. It says that the award ushers in a new era of growth and stability

Sister vessel in ice

Canada to convert another offshore vessel to interim icebreaker

The Canadian Coast Guard is set get a fourth interim icebreaker converted from a former icebreaking offshore vessel. Earlier this week it reported that, following a competitive process, it had purchased “a

Icebreaker clears path for Nornickel cargo carrier along Norther Sea Route. [Image: Nornickel]

Russian companies plan to build LNG-fueled icebreaker

Moscow-headquartered Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, has signed a letter of intent with Rosatom State Corporation and the Far

The ILS DIBB, with its independent power plant, allows icebreaking to become a modular capability that can be added to new and existing ships as and when required

Vard Marine and Finland’s ILS in teaming agreement

Vancouver, B.C., headquartered Vard Marine Inc. and Finland’s ILS Ship Design & Engineering have reached an agreement to work together to develop design solutions for the global icebreaker market and to address

Great Lakes icebreaker

Senators Reintroduce Great Lakes Icebreaker Bill

March 2021 On March 3, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) reintroduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S.

Senators reintroduce Great Lakes icebreaker bill

Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) are reintroducing the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act, bipartisan legislation that aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking

Halter Marine upgrades launch way for Polar Security Cutter

With the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC) rapidly progressing through the detailed design phase, shipbuilder Halter Marine is actively preparing for its construction. In July 2021, Halter Marine will complete upgrades

Removable bow turns tugboat into icebreaker

A project with the potential to make any ice-strengthened vessel into an icebreaker (see earlier story) is moving right along. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) has now converted the tugboat Calypso

Canada takes delivery of second interim icebreaker from Davie

The Canadian Coast Guard has taken the delivery of the CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of three medium interim icebreakers created by Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec, through the conversion of a

Vestdavit will supply Polar Security Cutter davits

Vestdavit Inc. has won a tender to supply shipbuilder Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss,. with marine davits for the U.S. Coast Guard’s new Polar Security Cutter (PSC). Two Vestdavit HNFE-5000 davit systems will

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