In much colder parts of the world where oceans tend to freeze over, conventional vessels are essentially immobilized without the help of icebreaker ships. These vessels break, crush, and clear frozen ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is updating its fleet, adding up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreaker ships as part of joint ...

December 17, 2025: Last year, the Ice Pact between the US, Canada and Finland led to contracts to build a lot more icebreakers. The United States is negotiating with Finland to buy 15 icebreakers.

Per the Wall Street Journal, Davie Shipbuilding, a Canadian maritime manufacturer, is currently in talks to acquire shipyards in Texas from Gulf Copper & Manufacturing for the express purpose of ...

At a shipyard in Finland last month, workers cut the first steel for a new icebreaker ship. Over the next three years, about 10,000 tons of the metal will go into the hull before the vessel is carried ...

Rauma Marine Constructions of Finland has agreed to build two icebreaker ships for the U.S. Coast Guard, with completion set ...

President Trump on Thursday hosted Finnish President Alexander Stubb, where the two leaders announced an agreement for the U.S. to add 11 icebreaker ships to its fleet. Trump said as part of the ...

President Trump is pushing the United States to purchase “about 40 icebreakers.” Of course, paying for such a fleet in the near future would be exceedingly difficult. The big news in military ...

(CNN) — The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the ...