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  • Le Groupe ALMACO opens new Quebec City head office

    Le Groupe ALMACO opens new Quebec City head office Le Groupe ALMACO, the Canadian subsidiary of Turku, Finland-headquartered ALMACO Group, has officially inaugurated its new head office in Quebec City, strengthens its international collaboration with Davie Shipbuilding. Groupe ALMACO awarded CAD 105M Polar Max EPC contract As we reported earlier, Davie recently awarded Le Groupe…

  • ABB books Azipod order for Canada’s first Polar Max icebreaker

    ABB books Azipod order for Canada’s first Polar Max icebreaker ABB has secured a contract with Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard to supply a complete electric power and propulsion solution for the Polar Max icebreaker that is expected to be delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard by 2030. As we reported earlier, construction of the icebreaker is…

  • Seaspan Shipyards contracts Genoa for polar icebreaker tech design services

    Seaspan Shipyards contracts Genoa for polar icebreaker tech design services North Vancouver, B.C.-based Seaspan Shipyards has inked a contract with Newfoundland-based Genoa Design International (Genoa) to continue providing design expertise on the Canadian Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker. Under the contract, Geona will provide design guidance, growing its local workforce in Vancouver to more…

  • Steerprop to deliver world’s largest mechanical azimuth propulsors

    Steerprop to deliver world’s largest mechanical azimuth propulsors Due to enter service in 2030, Germany’s new Polarstern 2 icebreaking research vessel will operate for up to 310 days a year in the Arctic and Antarctic, requiring a propulsion solution that supports extreme endurance, energy efficiency, and acoustic sensitivity. Built to Ice Class PC2, the vessel…

  • 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…

  • USCG Arctic District responds to Chinese research vessel Xue Long 2

    USCG Arctic District responds to Chinese research vessel Xue Long 2 The U.S. Coast Guard reports that this past Friday it detected and responded to the China-flagged research ship Xue Long 2 on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) in the U.S. Arctic, approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska=. A Coast Guard C-130J…

  • Sperry Marine delivers Terma surveillance radar systems for new Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers

    Sperry Marine delivers Terma surveillance radar systems for new Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers Danish-based surveillance radar technology specialist Terma A/S has partnered with Sperry Marine to deliver its SCANTER 4603 and SCANTER 6002 series of naval surveillance radars to Seaspan Shipyards for the upcoming Canadian Coast Guard Multi-Purpose Icebreaker and Polar Icebreaker Programs. This milestone…

  • 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…

  • Aker Arctic to design next-generation icebreaker for Finland

    Aker Arctic to design next-generation icebreaker for Finland The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) has chosen Helsinki-headquartered Aker Arctic to design the next-generation Baltic Sea assistance icebreaker as part of the Winter Navigation Motorways of the Sea III (WINMOS III) project co-financed by the European Union. In addition to initial design, various technical evaluations and…

  • Elomatic awarded Polarstern 2 icebreaker design contract

    Elomatic awarded Polarstern 2 icebreaker design contract Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has awarded Elomatic Maritime Technologies GmbH a design and engineering contract to support the construction of Germany’s new Polarstern 2 icebreaker. Set to become the world’s largest and most advanced icebreaking research and polar logistics ship, it is to be built for the Alfred…

  • 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…