Another piece of the Arctic Security Cutter jigsaw puzzle has fallen neatly into place. North Vancouver, B.C.-based Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has now signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) and Rauma Marine Constructions
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Austal USA yesterday hosted a keel laying ceremony for Pickering (WMSM 919), the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard.
A fire that broke about the Ocean Network Express containership ONE Henry Hudson, Friday evening, while moored in the Port of Los Angeles was reportedly largely under control by Saturday evening. The
Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group says that it is suspending work on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, citing the “significant financial strain caused by the program’s structure
The U.S. Coast Guard today reported the deployment of additional forces to the Rio Grande River in eastern Texas, starting on October 9, 2025, to ensure operational control of the border where
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rozema Boat Works Inc. of Mount Vernon, Wash., to acquire up to six second-generation special-purpose craft – heavy
Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the White House yesterday by President Trump and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, a team led by Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions, Seaspan
Senior leadership from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Surface Acquisitions and Contracting divisions visited Birdon America’s shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, this week as part of a Gulf Coast tour focused on
The U.S. Coast Guard is to designate its new fleet of Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCCs) as the “Chief Petty Officer Class.” Each cutter will be named in honor of a Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards reports that it has begun contract negotiations with the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of at least 10 additional Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), supported by the historic $25 billion