The U.S. Coast Guard’s quest to buy a new fleet of icebreakers has drawn interest from both domestic and international ...

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

Seaspan Shipyards has cut steel on the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreaker, marking the first time a heavy polar icebreaker has been built in Canada in more than 60 years.

While polar-capable ships are often colloquially referred to as “icebreakers,” very few vessels live up to the name, which as a technical term is reserved for the minority of ships with the ...

The new icebreaker, measuring 158m long, will be able to operate year-round in the High Arctic. (Seaspan Shipyards) Construction officially started on one of two new heavy polar icebreakers for ...

Bollinger Shipyards has received a modified $951.6 million contract from the Coast Guard to go ahead with building the first heavy polar icebreaker constructed in the U.S. in nearly 50 years.

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 ...

The cutter is a 399-foot heavy polar icebreaker commissioned in 1976. It weighs 13,500 tons, is 84 feet wide, and has a 34-foot draft. The six diesel and three gas turbine engines produce up to ...