August 2024
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polar icebreaker
U.S., Canada and Finland in new polar icebreaker ICE Pact
In a joint statement released today, the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Finland announced their intent to create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE, Pact, which is a trilateral arrangement
Seaspan Shipyards unveils digital model of Canada’s heavy polar icebreaker
Yesterday, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards presented its progress towards completing the functional design on the first heavy polar icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years. Functional Design of the vessel is now more
Podcast: Designing a Canadian polar icebreaker
In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to Rami Hirsimäki, Senior Vice President, Marine and Offshore Energy at Elomatic, on the Canadian polar icebreaker project. Elomatic is a
Op-Ed: Advancing polar icebreaker design
Elomatic and Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards (VSY) are advancing towards the next phase in the design of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new polar icebreaker slated to be built by 2030, marking a significant
Seaspan Shipyards completes prototype block for Canada’s new polar icebreaker
Both the U.S. and Canada are both building their first polar icebreakers in decades. Polar icebreakers use steel that is considerably thicker than in conventional ships and with tight frame spacings to
Seaspan Shipyards selects Steerprop bow thrusters for polar icebreaker
Rauma, Finland, based Steerprop is to supply two arctic tunnel thrusters for the polar icebreaker that Seaspan Shipyards is to build for the Canadian Coast Guard. Being built under Canada’s National Shipbuilding
Canada will build TWO polar icebreakers
The Government of Canada is to move forward with the construction of two Polar icebreakers under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). One will be built by Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver, British Columbia.
David Jansen joins Blank Rome Government Relations
Blank Rome Government Relations LLC reports that David Jansen has joined the firm as a senior advisor in its Washington, D.C., office. Jansen most recently served as the Democratic staff director for
Davie adds Vard Marine and Serco to polar icebreaker team
Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding reports that Vard Marine Inc. and Serco Canada Marine have become partners in its polar icebreaker program, which is the flagship project at Davie’s National Icebreaker Center (NIC). Canada’s