EXCLUSIVE — The U.S. Coast Guard is awarding a contract to Canada’s Davie Defense, Inc. to construct the final five of 11 Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers ordered by President Donald Trump last year ...

Last May, DHS approved production of the service’s first polar security cutter to be built in nearly five decades.

As global warming continues and sea lanes open in the Arctic, the world’s major powers are pouring money into the construction of icebreaker ships.

Officials said the project will create more than 2,400 jobs for the Galveston and Port Arthur communities and invest more than $730 million to grow the business in Texas.

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to Davie Defense for the construction of five Arctic security cutters, bringing the total number of icebreakers currently on order to 11. The award marks ...

When ice forms on major waterways in the wintertime or in year-round cold climates, it can seize up marine traffic, not allowing boats to pass through, and often even trapping them in ice. In order to ...

EADaily, February 15th, 2026. A German icebreaker got stuck in the Arctic ice. Only Russia can help. This is reported by the Banksta telegram channel.

The Coast Guard has committed $323 million to modernize its Seattle base in Washington, which will be home to future Polar Security Cutter icebreakers critical to far-flung frozen Arctic and Antarctic ...

According to Vasily Povazhny, a researcher of the Arctic and a participant in many ice expeditions, an icebreaker of a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has finished awarding contracts for 11 new Arctic Security Cutters, a move that will reshape America’s small but important icebreaker fleet. The decision, announced in ...