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“This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s...
The tug Aiviq traveling with the mobile drilling unit Kulluk in tow 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in 2012. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard | Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Usher Military.com...
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“Canadian shipyard in talks to buy US shipbuilder amid trade war...
Canada’s Polar Icebreaker After the continued frustration of the Polar Security Cutter program, the ICE Pact agreement between Finland, Canada, and the US seems promising, but we have heard little...
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No News About Eastern’s Offshore Patrol Cutters / OPC Alternatives
Future USCGC Argus at launch Eastern Shipyard No News from Eastern: I was hoping for some news about Eastern’s progress on the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, but I could not find any. Eastern...
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“Elomatic awarded Polarstern 2 icebreaker design contract”–Marine Log / A...
Polarstern 2 rendering: Ocean Architects and Elomatic. This does not look much like the Polar Security Cutter. As you may recall ,the Polar Security Cutter was supposed to have been based on a proven...
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“AKER ARCTIC SELECTED TO PROVIDE ADVANCED ICE LOAD MONITORING SYSTEM FOR...
Below is an Aker Arctic news release. Frankly I didn’t know there was such a thing as an ice load monitoring system, but it sounds like something we would want on ships going into the Arctic or...
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“USCG Polar Security Cutter Program Offers DOGE An Easy ‘Win’”–Forbes
Forbes’ always perceptive Craig Hooper takes a look at the Polar Security Cutter program and finds it ripe for cancellation, “years late, wildly over-budget, and both the budget and the schedule are...
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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress, Updated...
US Capital West Side, by Martin Falbisoner The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has again updated their “Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement”. (This link will always take you to...
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“Seaspan to Build Made-In-Canada Heavy Polar Icebreaker”–Seaspan News Release
Canadian Polar Icebreaker to be built by Seaspan Below is a news release from Canadian shipbuilder, Seaspan. March 7, 2025 – North Vancouver, BC – Today, Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has been awarded...
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“Davie Awarded Major Contract by Canada to Build Polar Icebreaker”–Davie News...
Yesterday we learned that Canada had awarded a contract to Seaspan to build a 26,000 ton Polar Icebreaker. Today we learn that Canada awarded a second contract to a different shipyard, to build an...
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“Brazil to start the construction of 11 new NPa500MB offshore patrol...
The planned total cost for the eight NPa500MB OPVs is estimated at 2.8 billion reais (~476 million USD), while three other vessels will be specifically configured for mine countermeasures operations....
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