U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Congress authorizes six icebreakers in Pentagon bill

2 August 20183 August 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Congress, defence, icebreakers, military, naval, ships, U.S. Coast Guard

The United States’ annual defense policy bill cleared Congress Wednesday with a pay raise for the troops and a provision

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U.S. Coast Guard turns to Canada for help with designing its new heavy icebreaker

22 June 201817 September 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments heavy icebreaker, ice tank, National Research Council, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, U.S. Coast Guard

With growing concerns over its apparent “icebreaker gap” with Russia and an urgent need to replace its only operational heavy

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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures

25 May 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, conservation, environment, Indigenous communities, International law, International Maritime Organization, mammals, maritime law, native, nature, Northern Sea Route, Northwest Passage, Pacific Ocean, politics, Russia, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the

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Coast Guard advances plans to build 3 icebreakers

28 October 201628 October 2016 Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic, icebreaker, U.S. Coast Guard

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is moving forward on its long-range plan to build new icebreakers, asking potential builders

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Canadian amphibious craft hopes to conquer defence market

30 May 201619 March 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments amphibious vehicle, Arktos, Canadian Coast Guard, craft, defence, U.S. Coast Guard

It has an eerie resemblance to a WWI tank. But the bright-orange amphibious vehicle designed and built by the British