The U.S. Coast Guard’s quest to buy a new fleet of icebreakers has drawn interest from both domestic and international shipyards as the service collects responses to a request for proposal due this ...

The Coast Guard has issued a call to domestic and international shipbuilders to quickly build a new class of icebreaker, ...

China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, berths at a base dock in Shanghai on April 8, 2025. Photo: VCG Chinese ...

“It really depends where America puts its priority – if it’s on schedule, then Finland is probably the right answer. If they ...

The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) reported last month t hat the Trump administration’s final Fiscal Year 2025 spending bill ...

Ahead of the April 28 vote, the thrust of the Conservative Party’s defence platform as revealed to date is dominated almost ...

The Navy’s ambitious goal of expanding to 381 ships over the next 30 years faces significant financial and workforce challenges. To meet this target, an estimated $40 billion in annual investment is ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Today, effective navigation in the Arctic waters of the NSR is unimaginable without icebreaker assistance. In the 20th ...

While Trump’s has been talking about 40 new vessels, a 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service would need between 8 to 9 polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy ...