Nordic Yards to build 2,500 t deckhouse for icebreaker

AUGUST 12, 2013 — Nordic Yards has been awarded the tender for the construction of a 2,500 tonne, fully fitted out, deckhouse for a Russian icebreaker. A contract for the fabrication of

ICS issues position paper on Arctic shipping

DECEMBER 17, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has issued a new position paper on Arctic shipping. As the Arctic

ABB to supply systems for Russian icebreaker

OCTOBER 1, 2012 — ABB reports it has won an order worth $35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd. to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction