Construction officially started on one of two new heavy polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), marking the ...

Seaspan Shipyards cut steel on the Canadian Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker, signifying the start of construction on ...

Seaspan Shipyards begins construction of Canadian Coast Guard’s new polar icebreaker. Find the latest news from the maritime ...

Icebreaking Superintendent for the Canadian Coast Guard's Central Region said Tuesday morning from his base in Montreal. The ship is the medium icebreaker Pierre Radisson, launched in 1977 and ...

For example, the U.S. Coast Guard has not launched a new heavy icebreaker ... getting America's ship count up quickly. Regardless of the bills' prospects for adoption, Canada's Seaspan is already ...

The vessel, made under the auspices of the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, will be the first heavy icebreaker built in Canada for over six decades. Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan has begun ...

the longest naval ship ever built in Canada. The icebreaker will be almost as big as the joint support ships, but 5,000 tonnes heavier, with up to 60-millimetre steel.

Davie will deliver its production-ready heavy icebreaker design called the Polar Max to Canada by 2030. To support the rapid delivery of the ship, Davie will capitalize on the expertise of ...

The heavy polar icebreaker ... further cementing Canada’s role as a leader in modern shipbuilding. The vessel will also be the fifth Polar Class ship in the CCG’s growing fleet and one ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2015. (George Degener/Coast Guard) ...