As climate change brings more boats to the Arctic, the U.S.'s need for boats that can cut through the ice has also increased.

The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system susceptible to failure in ice. Its waste and disc ...

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

A second icebreaker, Xue Long 2, entered service in 2019. Similar but slightly smaller than Xue Long , the new ship was more capable and served as the model for Jidi. This was a remarkable achievement ...

The Japanese icebreaker ship Shirase near the tip of the Shirase Glacier during the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. (Photo by Kazuya Ono).

For shipbuilding, at a minimum, injecting basic competition into future U.S. icebreaker-building proposals will be a real win for the taxpayer. Competition brings down the price of future ships ...

Putin underlined that Russia needs to consider options to create a more efficient pricing model for icebreaker freight ... bulk cargo ships, container vessels, dry-cargo ships, and oil and LNG ...