The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Polar Star and its crew have returned to the U.S. after a 138-day deployment to Antarctica. This year marked the Polar Star’s 27th journey…
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The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Polar Star and its crew have returned to the U.S. after a 138-day deployment to Antarctica. This year marked the Polar Star’s 27th journey…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guard-icebreaker-polar-star-returns-from-27th-antarctic-deployment/
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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The U.S. Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Antarctica this week as part of its annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, the U.S. Antarctic Program’s…
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The U.S. Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) has begun its journey across the Southern Ocean to Antarctica for its annual resupply mission. The icebreaker departed Hobart,…
https://gcaptain.com/uscgc-polar-star-heads-to-antarctica-on-icebreaking-mission/
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...
Halter Marine Aug. 5, 2022. USNI News Photo
This post was updated with a statement from ST Engineering.
The Mississippi shipyard that won the contract to build a new class of Coast Guard icebreakers is set to be acquired by a Louisanna shipbuilding group, according to a late Sunday announcement.
Bollinger Shipyards has agreed to buy Halter Marine and the adjacent ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore for $15 million from parent ST Engineering North America.
“Bollinger’s acquisition increases the...
The US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star reached a position of 78 degrees, 44 minutes, 1.32 seconds south latitude in February holding a distance of approximately 500 yards from the…
The United States’ sole heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived at McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Monday following an 86-day transit from its homeport in Seattle. The deployment…
https://gcaptain.com/photos-uscgc-polar-star-arrives-in-antarctica/
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz speaks to the attendees at the commissioning of the USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC-1145) in Philadelphia on Oct. 15, 2021. Coast Guard Photo
ARLINGTON, Va. – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz is “guardedly optimistic” Congress will pass a budget before the continuing resolution that’s keeping the government operating through Feb. 18 expires.
If not, he told USNI News, there will be “high consequences for DoD and the Coast Guard.” He added, “a...