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ICEBREAKERS
Finnish Icebreakers tonnage that are not less than the size and tonnage of the cutters”.
• $300 million is provided for home- porting of the existing polar icebreaker commissioned into service in 2025 (the 1992-built Storis medium icebreaker bought last year from ECO).
The U.S. Maritime Administra- tion (MARAD) issued a request for information in March 2025 to identify which U.S. shipyards have the capacity, capability and readiness to build ICE
Pact icebreakers.
Yards are forming strategies to build
Coast Guard icebreakers: • Canada’s Davie, the owner of leading icebreaker company Helsinki
Ship, announced the acquisition of
Texas-based Gulf Copper in June of this year and a plan to invest $1billion in upgrading and expanding the yard capacity.
• Bollinger and Edison Chouest
Offshore have formed the United Ship- building Alliance to design and build
Arctic vessels.
• Bollinger, Finland’s Rauma Ship- yards, Canada’s Seaspan Arctic and
Finland’s Aker Arctic have formed a partnership to build the Coast Guard
Arctic Security Cutters.
• We anticipate the Hanwha Philly
Shipyard will also be targeting the
Source: Intelatus Global Partners
Coast Guard programs.
In recognizing that the current Coast
Swedish Icebreakers
Guard icebreaking ? eet is both aging and cannot be replaced quickly, the
Coast Guard is currently executing the
In-Service Sustainment (ISVS) Pro- gram at the Coast Guard yard in Curtis
Bay, Maryland, and at commercial yards. The program includes: • Service life extension of the U.S. largest polar icebreaker, the 1977-built
Polar Star. The ? nal phase of the ? ve-stage 2021-2025 life extension program at Mare Island Dry Dock,
California. commenced in March of this year Shipyard • Service life extension of the 1999-buily medium icebreaker Healy
Source: Intelatus Global Partners 60 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2025
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