APRIL 21, 2014 — Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build an icebreaking supply vessel for the Russia´s largest shipping company, Sovcomflot. The new vessel will be built
MARCH 17, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd reports that subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Singmarine, and Keppel Nantong Shipyard have secured contracts worth a total of about S$140 million. “Keppel
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
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 — Germany’s Nordic Yards has started construction of two icebreaking rescue and salvage vessels for the Russian Ministry of Transport. The cutting of the first steel section, which traditionally
APRIL 12, 2013 — Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, which is 50/50 owned by STX Finland Oy and Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation is about to deliver the second of two icebreaking supply vessels to
JULY 1, 2012—The first of two 99.9m multi-functional icebreaking supply vessels for Arctic operation was launched at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard on June 30. The hull assembly for sister vessel is expected to
