VIDEO: Vice Commandant Lunday says three USCG cutters laid up by personnel shortages

Issues that the Coast Guard faces with workforce recruitment and in maintaining mission readiness were among those in focus in a wide-ranging August 7 discussion with USCG Vice Commandant Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, held at the Brookings Institution’s Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.

Stressing that the Coast Guard plays a vital role in ensuring U.S. security, Admiral Lunday said that evolving cyber threats pose risks to maritime security and global commerce, while delays...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/video-vice-commandant-lunday-says-three-uscg-cutters-laid-up-by-personnel-shortages/

Canadian shipyards hail ICE Pact

The two Canadian shipyards building heavy polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, Seaspan Shipyards and Chantier Davie, have welcomed the trilateral ICE Pact announced yesterday by the governments of the U.S., Canada and Finland.

U.S., Canada and Finland in new polar icebreaker ICE Pact

Like the three-ship U.S. Polar Security Cutter program, the two-ship Canadian heavy polar icebreaker program has been facing delays and cost overruns that were the subject of a recent Parliamentary...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/canadian-shipyards-hail-ice-pact/

U.S., Canada and Finland in new polar icebreaker ICE Pact

In a joint statement released today, the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Finland announced their intent to create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE, Pact, which is a trilateral arrangement to collaborate on the production of polar icebreakers and other capabilities. This collaboration is intended to strengthen the shipbuilding industry and industrial capacity of each nation – and build closer security and economic ties among our countries through information exchange and...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/u-s-canada-and-finland-in-new-polar-icebreaker-ice-pact/

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