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  • USCG now monitoring 5 Chinese research vessels in U.S. Arctic

    USCG now monitoring 5 Chinese research vessels in U.S. Arctic Nobody likes having strangers rattling around in the attic and the U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its response to five Chinese research vessels operating in the U.S. Arctic. The Coast Guard Arctic District has been monitoring activity and deployed a C-130J Hercules fixed wing aircraft…

  • Polar icebreaker Storis commissioned, strengthening Arctic role

    Polar icebreaker Storis commissioned, strengthening Arctic role The U.S. Coast Guard officially commissioned the USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) in Juneau, Alaska. The commissioning of this polar icebreaker marks a crucial step in President Donald Trump’s directive to rebuild the Coast Guard, which will include historic investments through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This vessel…

  • Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis departs on its maiden voyage

    Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis departs on its maiden voyage The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) the first polar icebreaker acquired by the Coast Guard in more than 25 years, departed on its maiden voyage to safeguard U.S. sovereign interests in the Arctic and conduct Coast Guard missions, less than six months after…

  • Coast Guard to rename former ECO icebreaker Storis

    Coast Guard to rename former ECO icebreaker Storis The Coast Guard has now completed acceptance of the Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) icebreaking vessel Aiviq. On commissioning, it will be renamed Coast Guard Cutter Storis, becoming the second cutter to bear that name. The original Storis, built in 1942 and known as the “Galloping Ghost of…

  • Coast Guard issues $125M Aiviq acquisition contract

    Coast Guard issues $125M Aiviq acquisition contract It’s official, the Coast Guard has now issued a contract for the acquisition of the Edison Chouest Offshore icebreaking vessel Aiviq. The Coast Guard Acquisitions Directorate says that on Nov. 20 it awarded a contract to Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, of Cut Off, Louisiana, “to acquire a commercially…