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

Halter Marine unveils PythonX plasma cutter

Preparing for construction of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter, Pascagoula, Miss., shipbuilder Halter Marine is acquiring new technologies that include robotic welding machines and a Lincoln Electric PythonX plasma cutter.

USCG icebreaker Healy suffers fire, propulsion failure

The U.S. Coast Guard reports that its polar icebreaker Healy (WAGB-20) suffered a fire in one of its main propulsion motors Aug. 18 while underway for operations in the Arctic. No injuries

MacGregor wins Polar Security Cutter equipment order

Cargotec’s MacGregor unit has received an order from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. to supply deck machinery and cargo handling equipment for the U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program. The

VT Halter releases more details of winning Polar Security Cutter design

More details are emerging about VT Halter Marine, Inc.’s winning design for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC). As we reported earlier, as prime contractor, VT Halter has been awarded

Polar Security Cutter will have Hunt Valves

VT Halter Marine wins Polar Security Cutter contract

VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $745,940,860 contract for the detail design and construction of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar Security Cutter (PSC) (formerly the Heavy Polar

USCG to award contract for Polar Security Cutter “this spring”

The U.S. Coast Guard is set to award the contract for the first Polar Security Cutter in the very near future. Giving the 2019 State of the Coast Guard address at Coast

USCG releases photos of fire aboard icebreaker Polar Star

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area today released photos taken when an incinerator room fire broke out on the USCG’s only operational heavy icebreaker, Polar Star, 650 miles north of Antarctica. According to

Spending bill funds Polar Security Cutter

The spending bill signed into law February 15 by President Trump —the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 — includes seven regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 2019, including the Department of Homeland Security

VT Halter Marine awarded $1 million Polar Security Cutter contract

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, yesterday announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $1 million contract to shipbuilder VT Halter Marine,