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21 Jan

Coast Guard Adds 1st Polar Icebreaker to Fleet in 25 Years

Mark Edward NeroNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsicebreaker, storis, uscgc

The Coast Guard has officially welcomed its first polar icebreaker in more than 25 years – the recently acquired Aiviq, a commercial vessel that’s being renamed CGC Storis, the Guard said Dec. 23. Storis, which means “great ice” in Scandinavia, is a nod to the original CGC (Coast Guard Cutter) Storis, a legendary light icebreaker and medium endurance cutter commissioned in 1942 that patrolled for submarines and ran convoys during World War II and led the first American transit of the Northwest Passage. In 1948, the original Storis was moved to Alaska where she conducted law enforcement, search and rescue,…

04 Jun

Seaspan Developing Canada’s First Heavy Polar Icebreaker in 60 Years

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newscanada, icebreaker, seaspan

Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards is in the process of developing Canada’s first heavy polar icebreaker in more than six decades. At Canada’s Global Defense & Security Trade Show on May 29, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company gave defense and security representatives an update on its progress. Seaspan said more than 70% of the vessel’s functional design is complete, while the vessel’s 3D modeling is “well advanced,” paving the way for Seaspan to cut steel for the Canadian Coast Guard’s icebreaker vessel before the end of 2024. The 158-meter-long IACS Polar Class 2 (PC2) Heavy Icebreaker is designed to accommodate up to…