By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Just days after securing funding in the FY 2025 budget to acquire a commercial icebreaker, the U.S. Coast Guard says it has made little headway…
Polar Security Cutter
Seaspan Shipyards completes prototype block for Canada’s new polar icebreaker
oth the U.S. and Canada are both building their first polar icebreakers in decades. Polar icebreakers use steel that is considerably thicker than in conventional ships and with tight frame spacings to support icebreaking loads. Last August, Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., began to construct the first of eight prototype modules for the first U.S. Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC), to test the new systems, processes, people, and tools that are required to work with...
FMD’s Hunt Valve to deliver essential valves for Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has been awarded a purchase order to provide motor-operated valves (MOVs), through its Hunt Valve business, for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Coast Guard’s (USCG) Polar Sentinel (WMSP-21). The cutter is the first of three multi-mission vessels that will comprise the Polar Security Cutter program, which is intended to supplement the USCG’s missions in the Arctic as well as Operation Deep Freeze in the...
US Coast Guard’s Arctic Plan Opens Door to Acquiring Commercial Icebreakers
The U.S. Coast Guard unveiled its Arctic Strategic Outlook Implementation Plan on Thursday, outlining a series of initiatives aimed at promoting safety, security, and stewardship in the Arctic region. The…
https://gcaptain.com/uscg-arctic-plan-opens-door-acquiring-commercial-icebreakers/
Bollinger Shipyards Cuts Steel on Polar Security Cutter Prototype
Bollinger Shipyards has begun cutting steel on the first of eight prototype modules that will become the foundation of the first U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC). USCGC Polar…
https://gcaptain.com/bollinger-shipyards-cuts-steel-on-polar-security-cutter-prototype/
Adm. Linda Fagan Calls for Continued Coast Guard Investment to Meet Homeland, Global Demands
Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant of the Coast Guard, speaks to guests during the 2023 State of the Coast Guard Address in Washington, D.C., Mar. 7, 2023. The State of the Coast Guard Address speaks to the vision for the service. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles)
With demands for its presence overseas and home and its missions on the rise, the Coast Guard continues to transform itself to meet missions at home and overseas and adapt to recruit and manage a...
USNI News Interview: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan
Adm. Linda Fagan in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle in New London, CT, Aug 19, 2022. US Coast Guard Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C., – The new Coast Guard commandant has a message for the country – she’s hiring.
The Coast Guard is feeling an acute recruiting crunch across both officer and enlisted ranks, so reforming the service workforce is at the top of Adm. Linda Fagan’s agenda and the centerpiece of the Coast Guard’s latest strategy that rolled out in October.
“As we come out of COVID, there’s...
https://news.usni.org/2023/01/09/usni-news-interview-coast-guard-commandant-adm-linda-fagan
Top Stories 2022: Coast Guard
Lt. Cmdr. Donald Rudnickas, a member of the Coast Guard Icebreaking program temporarily assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), and Ensign Jonathan Kattnig, the information technology officer on the Polar Star, look out across the ice in the Southern Ocean, on Dec. 25, 2022. US Coast Guard Photo
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022.
A change in leadership, difficulty in recruiting and major developments in two major shipbuilding programs were...
https://news.usni.org/2022/12/30/top-stories-2022-coast-guard
Bollinger Closes $15M Acquisition of Halter Marine, New Name: ‘Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding’
Navy berthing barge APL 70 under construction at Halter Marine on Aug. 5, 2022. USNI News Photo
The Mississippi shipyard that is building the Coast Guard’s next heavy icebreaker has officially changed ownership, the company announced on Monday.
Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards finalized the acquisition of the Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore (STEHMO) shipyard following the close of a $15 million deal with former Singapore-based ST Engineering, Bollinger said.
“The...
Bollinger Shipyards Completes VT Halter Acquisition
Bollinger Shipyards announced Monday it has completed its acquisition of VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore (STEHMO) from ST Engineering North America, which was announced earlier this…
https://gcaptain.com/bollinger-shipyards-completes-vt-halter-acquisition/