Category: Helsinki shipyard
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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…
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Construction of Canada’s Polar Max heavy icebreaker starts in Finland
Construction of Canada’s Polar Max heavy icebreaker starts in Finland In what it hails as “a historic milestone for the Canadian shipbuilding industry,” Lévis, Quebec-headquartered Davie today officially began construction of the Polar Max icebreaker at its Helsinki Shipyard subsidiary in Finland. While construction on the Polar Max hull will begin at Davie’s Helsinki Shipyard,…