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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Finnish icebreakers
Shipbuilding

Arctic Icebreaker Ships in High Demand as Nations Vie for Power

At a shipyard in Finland last month, workers cut the first steel for a new icebreaker ship. Over the next three years, about 10,000 tons of the metal will go

September 16, 2025
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
A view of collapsed containers on the Mississippi while berthed at the Port of Long Beach
Accidents

Coast Guard, NTSB Probe Container Loss Accident at Port of Long Beach

A Unified Command continued response operations Wednesday following an incident that caused an estimated 75 shipping containers to fall from the cargo ship

September 10, 2025
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A rendering of Davie Defense's “American Icebreaker Factory," a planned $1 billion transformation of the historic Gulf Copper shipyard in Galveston, Texas
Defense

Davie Unveils $1B ‘American Icebreaker Factory’ in Texas to Build Arctic Security Cutters

Davie Defense Inc., the newest entrant to the American shipbuilding sector, has revealed detailed plans for a $1 billion overhaul of the historic Gulf Copper

September 10, 2025
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From the left, U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144), USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146), USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) and USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147) transit the Strait of Hormuz
Defense

Coast Guard Awards $507 Million Contract for 10 Additional Fast Response Cutters at Bollinger

The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, for the construction of 10 additional Fast Response

September 10, 2025
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) destroys a drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Pacific Viper.
Defense

WATCH: Coast Guard Destroys Drug Vessel, Seizes 13,000 Pounds of Cocaine in Weekend Raids

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released footage showing the destruction of a drug smuggling vessel, one of three interdictions conducted by the

September 9, 2025
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Monday, September 8, 2025
Newest U.S. Icebreaker ‘Storis’ Conducts Extensive Patrol Along Russian Maritime Boundary in Arctic
Defense

Newest U.S. Icebreaker ‘Storis’ Conducts Extensive Patrol Along Russian Maritime Boundary in Arctic

The newest U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, Storis, continues a sweeping Arctic patrol along Russia’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Along the way it also monitored

September 8, 2025
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Thursday, September 4, 2025
OPC illustration from Austal
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard Exercises $314 Million Options for Austal’s Offshore Patrol Cutters

The United States Coast Guard has exercised contract options worth US$314 million with Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, the company

September 4, 2025
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The crew of USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) keeps watch over a burning vessel that was interdicted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Defense

Coast Guard’s Operation Pacific Viper Nets 40,000 Pounds of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August,

September 4, 2025
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The Liberia-flagged Chinese research ship, Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, operating over the delineated U.S. Extended Continental Shelf, approximately 230 miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard Sends Icebreaker ‘Healy’ to Monitor Chinese Research Vessels Off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to two Chinese research vessels operating in waters off Alaska’s northern coast, highlighting growing strategic

September 4, 2025
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Coast Guard Awards $137M Contract to Modernize Base Seattle for Polar Security Cutters
Defense

Coast Guard Awards $137M Contract to Modernize Base Seattle for Polar Security Cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken a major step toward enhancing its Arctic and Antarctic operations with the award of a $137 million contract to for the

September 2, 2025
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Monday, August 25, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads more than 76,140 lbs of illicit narcotics at Port Everglades, Florida, on August 25, 2025
Defense

Coast Guard Offloads Record Drug Haul in Port Everglades

The U.S. Coast Guard achieved a milestone with the offload of a record 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics, valued at $473 million, at Port Everglades on

August 25, 2025
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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Port of Seattle at night
Shipping

Coast Guard Arrests Drunk Containership Captain Six Times Over Legal Limit in Seattle

The U.S. Coast Guard has arrested the captain of a 333-meter Liberian-flagged containership in Seattle after he was found to be severely intoxicated while in

August 24, 2025
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Monday, August 11, 2025
USCGC Storis: A Look at America’s Newest Arctic Icebreaker
Defense

USCGC Storis: A Look at America’s Newest Arctic Icebreaker

The U.S. Coast Guard officially commissioned the USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) in Juneau, Alaska on August 10, marking a significant addition to America’s

August 11, 2025
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The 75-foot passenger vessel Discovery runs aground
News

Watch: Passenger Vessel Caught in Oahu Surf

The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a passenger vessel that ran aground near Kewalo Basin in Honolulu. The Discovery, a 75-foot vessel operating as a shuttle

August 11, 2025
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US Coast Guard Commissions CGC ‘Storis’, Icebreaker to Depart on Arctic Patrol ‘Immediately’
Defense

US Coast Guard Commissions CGC ‘Storis’, Icebreaker to Depart on Arctic Patrol ‘Immediately’

Less than eight months after acquiring the icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) Aiviq from an Edison Chouest Offshore subsidiary for $125m the

August 11, 2025
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Friday, August 8, 2025
Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di icebreaker
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard Monitors Unprecedented Chinese Icebreaker Flotilla Near Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is actively monitoring five Chinese research vessels operating in or near U.S. Arctic waters, marking the first time China has

August 8, 2025
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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Rear Admiral John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, speaks during a press conference updating about the search of the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible
News

Titan Tragedy Spurs Sweeping Safety Overhaul: USCG Issues 17 Recommendations Following Fatal Implosion

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) has released its long-awaited Report of Investigation (ROI) into the catastrophic implosion of the

August 5, 2025
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Rendering of the U.S. Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter
Defense

Bollinger Shipyards Secures Full Funding for Troubled Polar Security Cutter Program

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program has reached a pivotal milestone with the recent enactment of the “One Big Beautiful Bill

August 5, 2025
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Monday, August 4, 2025
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, rescues four people from the tug vessel Sea Ranger, which was taking on water approximately 130 miles south of Cordova
News

Coast Guard Aircrew Rescues Four from Sinking Tug in Remote Gulf of Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard successfully rescued four people from the sinking 110-foot tug vessel Sea Ranger approximately 130 miles south of Cordova in the Gulf of

August 4, 2025
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Friday, August 1, 2025
Knot E Z vessel
Commercial Fishing

Fishing Companies Fined $1.2 Million for Illegal Bilge Dumping in Alaska Waters

A federal district court in Anchorage has imposed civil penalties exceeding $1.18 million against three Kodiak-based commercial fishing companies and their

August 1, 2025
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