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ABB has secured a contract with Helsinki Shipyard to supply a complete electric power and propulsion solution for the Polar ...

The U.S. Coast Guard held an event at their base in Seattle for the Polar fleet that was all docked together in a rare event.

Two U.S. representatives from Michigan are asking the federal government to send at least one new icebreaker ship to the Great Lakes as part of a bilateral deal between the U.S. and Finland. Earlier ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued two parallel Requests for Information targeting a comprehensive modernization of its aging ...

Importantly, the Polar Max project aligns with the aims of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact), a trilateral ...

The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first icebreaker was a wheeled steamer that cleared ice in the harbor of Philadelphia.