Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the fourth icebreaker in a four-vessel series for Russian shipping company SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The vessel, known at the yard as NB 514, was...

The world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker, Polaris, was delivered by Arctech Helsinki to the Finnish Government in September. The ship is designed to serve for at least 50 years in icebreaking,...

Finnish shipbuilder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the most world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker to the Finnish government. The shipyard delivered the icebreaker Polaris Wednesday to the Finnish Transport Agency, which...

The world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker left the Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Finland on its first set of sea trials last month to test the functionality of the vessel prior to...

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard marked Christmas Day with the delivery of the Baltic Sea icebreaker Murmansk at Vyborg Shipyard in Russia.  Murmansk is the second in a series of three diesel-electric icebreakers ordered by Rosmorport and the...

  By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – On a sunny day on the Helsinki seafront, sparks fly from steel welding at the bustling Arctech shipyard, which seems insulated...

Finnish shipyard Arctech Helsinki on Wednesday celebrated the launch of a new icebreaker being built for the Russian government. The vessel, named ‘Murmansk’, is part of a three-vessel series ordered...

As of 30 December 2014, Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is now 100 percent owned by Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) after the company acquired the other half of Arctech’s shares...

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard announced today receipt of a USD $380 million newbuild contract from Sovcomflot for three icebreaking stand-by vessels. Sovcomflot’s intentions for this order were announced in July and...

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard announced today the signing of a EUR 100 million order with Sovcomflot for a new icebreaking platform supply vessel (PSV). Upon delivery in 2016, this ship will...

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, in a joint venture with Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), signed a contract with the Finnish Transport Agency to build a new 19MW dual fuel LNG-powered icebreaker...

An innovative and somewhat strange new icebreaking multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel has been launched at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard said Wednesday it has won a public tender from the Finnish Transport Agency for the construction of a new dual-fuel icebreaker for the Finnish government.