Icebreaker

South Korea’s Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) has dispatched its research icebreaker Araon on the country’s 17th Arctic expedition, with this

China has launched its annual Arctic summer expedition with four major research vessels heading north, expanding a polar presence that has increasingly drawn

Construction of the first Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) for the U.S. Coast Guard began on Tuesday at Sata Shipbuilding’s yard in Pori, Finland, marking the

Two U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Monday aimed at barring Chinese and Russian government-linked vessels from conducting research

Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards said it has completed the first major construction block for the Canadian Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker, highlighting

The U.S. Coast Guard’s sole heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, has returned to its homeport of Seattle after completing a months-long Antarctic deployment

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a request for information (RFI) as it moves forward with plans to acquire up to seven new light icebreakers to replace an aging

A Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian port of Vyborg has reportedly damaged the Arctic patrol icebreaker Purga, a dual-role military vessel under

Russia will push its nuclear-powered icebreakers to sea for up to 270 days a year, increasing workloads as an ageing fleet, sanctions-related delays and

Russia has dispatched two powerful icebreakers, including a nuclear-powered vessel, from Arctic waters to the Baltic Sea to help keep shipping lanes open as

Operations at the floating LNG import facility Mukran off the Baltic coast of Germany resumed this week after icebreaking efforts by the multipurpose vessel

Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of

The U.S. government is once again under fire for a long-standing shipbuilding habit: starting construction before designs are fully baked. The practice has

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

The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to Chinese activity on the extended U.S. Continental Shelf (ECS) approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik,

The U.S.’ newly acquired icebreaker Storis (formerly Aiviq) arrived in Seattle following a six-week voyage from Bollinger Shipyards in Mississippi. “In a

A consortium of Finnish and Canadian firms aims to construct two medium-sized Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard. According to

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy has reached the Arctic Ocean marking the beginning of its annual Arctic deployment in support of science missions. The icebreaker

On the way to its initial Arctic deployment U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis (WAGB 21) has transited through the Panama Canal. The polar class

Finland’s premier icebreaker designer, Aker Arctic, has been awarded a contract to develop a new state-of-the-art mid-size icebreaker. The effort is part of