U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels are working to free the Canadian-flagged bulk carrier Manitoulin, which became trapped in ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York on January 22….
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Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards recently unveiled design images of a new heavy polar icebreaker ordered by the Canadian Coast Guard. Seaspan said the functional design of the vessel is now more than 70 per cent complete and 3D modelling is well advanced. Cutting of the first steel is scheduled before...
The Philippine Navy recently commissioned two new fast attack interdiction craft (FAIC) into service. BRP Herminigildo Yurong and BRP Laurence Narag are the fifth and sixth in the Acero-class, which are variants of the Shaldag-class patrol boats built by Israel Shipyards. Specifically, the...
The US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Jacksonville District has awarded a US$6.9 million contract to Southwind Construction of Evansville, Indiana, for maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, Florida. The contract calls for the dredging of approximately 550,000 cubic yards (421,000 cubic […]
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Jana Marine Services of Saudi Arabia recently welcomed two new jackup vessels in a series into its offshore support fleet. Jana 504 and Jana 505 were both built in China by CSSC Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant in compliance to ABS’ SMART and IDM-A notations. Each of the two vessels has an LOA of 92...
Prosecutors in Russia have told local media that one person was killed while three others suffered varying degrees of injury after a fire broke out on an icebreaker that is still under construction on Monday, April 8. The 106-metre Yekaterina Velikaya was at a shipyard in Vladivostok undergoing...
The Canadian government has awarded Quebec-based shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada a contract for the design of six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. In Atlantic Canada, the new icebreakers will perform icebreaking services, escort ships through ice-covered waters, and help clear ice...
The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has purchased a medium icebreaker originally built and operated in Norway. The 18-year-old Polar Circle measures 74 by 17 metres, putting it between the SMA’s small icebreaker Ale and the administration’s larger Atle-class vessels. The purchase of the...
U.S. Coast Guard notice reveals the service is seeking to acquire the icebreaker Aiviq from a unit of Edison Chouest Offshore to help plug icebreaking capability gaps In a new…
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The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Polar Star has successfully completed its annual mission to Antarctica as part of a resupply mission to the “white continent.” The vessel and its…
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