U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels successfully freed the Canadian-flagged bulk carrier Manitoulin after it became trapped in Lake Erie’s thick ice near Buffalo, New York on January 22. The…
https://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-icebreakers-free-trapped-bulk-carrier-manitoulin-on-lake-erie/
The U.S. Coast Guard has closed on the $125m fixed-price deal to acquire and convert icebreaking supply ship Aiviq from Offshore Surface Vessels LLC, part of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO).
The USCGC Polar Star, America’s only heavy icebreaker, has departed Seattle for its annual Antarctic mission supporting Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), marking its 28th year in this critical role. The…
The United States, Canada, and Finland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaboratively develop and produce world-class Arctic and polar icebreakers. The groundbreaking agreement builds off the launch…
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Three weeks after U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy returned back to homeport in Seattle following an onboard fire, the vessel looks set to return to…
https://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-icebreaker-healy-set-to-redeploy-to-arctic-following-repairs/
China is accelerating the construction of a next-generation heavy-duty research icebreaker, signaling its growing ambitions in polar research and marking a significant expansion of its Antarctic exploration capabilities. According to…
https://gcaptain.com/china-fast-tracks-construction-of-new-icebreaker/
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday its plan to homeport a commercially procured icebreaker, the Aiviq, in Juneau, Alaska. The Aiviq, originally built as an Arctic oil-exploration support vessel, will…
https://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-reveals-more-on-plan-to-acquire-commercial-icebreaker-aiviq/
The U.S. Coast Guard says it located a Russian Federation Vishnya-class naval vessel south of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The vessel was detected by the crew of the U.S. Coast…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guard-tracks-russian-naval-vessel-near-alaska/
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – U.S. Coast Guard presence in the Arctic has taken another hit. Icebreaker Healy suffered an engineering compartment fire at the end of July during its…
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. intends to create an Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) with Canada and Finland to overcome challenges of producing the next generation polar icebreaker and…