Biden administration taps Quebec shipbuilder for icebreaker expertise
By Maura Forrest A Quebec shipbuilder’s expansion to the United States is part of the Biden administration’s renewed focus on
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Canada, U.S. and Finland form pact to build icebreakers for Arctic
The United States, Canada and Finland have entered into a trilateral pact to build icebreakers for the Arctic region, the
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China commissions new icebreaker
The research vessel is capable of breaking through one meter thick sea-ice and is equipped with drones, unmanned ships and
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Canadian Coast Guard launches summer operations in Arctic
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has launched its summer operations in the North, deploying seven vessels to the Arctic for
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Designs released for new coast guard Arctic icebreaker
By Samuel Wat · CBC News Seaspan Shipyards to start construction on new heavy icebreaker by end of the year The company
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The U.S. was supposed to get new heavy icebreaker this year, instead costs soar
The Coast Guard’s plan to build three heavy icebreakers is five years behind schedule and the price has ballooned to
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Slow progress, huge budget overrun for Rosatomflot’s lider-class icebreaker
Sluggish progress and massive budget overrun have characterised the four years that have past since Rosatomflot gave go-ahead for the
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New nuclear icebreaker will be named “Leningrad”
Keel laying ceremony takes place at the Baltic Shipyard on January 26, the anniversary day of the end of the
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It’s a wrap for Canadian Coast Guard’s 2023 season in Arctic
The Canadian Coast Guard’s operational season in the Arctic is done for 2023, the agency said on Monday. “The CCG
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In chilly return to past, Putin names new icebreaker “Stalingrad”
The projected nuclear-powered icebreaker was originally to be named Kamchatka. But the Kremlin now appears to have intervened and renamed
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Moscow cuts funding for icebreakers
Slashed investments and a spike in construction costs will lead to a significant delay for Russia’s expanded fleet of nuclear
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China’s icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole
In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles
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New Arctic industry gives boost in icy shipments
Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers made a total of 435 ship escort operations in the first half of 2023. New industrial projects
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Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles
Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles It features a bow that reminds of Russia’s new giant Leader-class super-icebreakers.
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Russian VTB bank to finance the construction of icebreakers
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer Amid sanctions, the importance of the Northern Sea Route rises. The Russian-sanctioned bank
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