Canadian Coast Guard dedicates third converted icebreaker
15 Sep

Canadian Coast Guard dedicates third converted icebreaker

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, ,
(QUEBEC CITY) — Icebreakers are an essential component of the Canadian Coast Guard fleet, ensuring safe navigation, preventing ice jams and flooding, and keeping shipping routes open. On Monday, CCGS Vincent Massey, the third of three medium interim icebreakers, was officially welcomed to the fleet at a dedication ceremony in Quebec City. At the dockside event, the sponsor of the…
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Polar Star makes Australian port call before Deep Freeze
15 Dec

Polar Star makes Australian port call before Deep Freeze

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(SYDNEY, Australia) — The United States’ only operational heavy icebreaker, the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), made a scheduled port call Thursday in Chowder Bay, Australia. Polar Star’s Chowder Bay port call is part of the crew’s annual journey to Antarctica where they will support Operation Deep Freeze, a joint military service mission to resupply the United States…
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Davie, Canada in talks to add more icebreakers
14 Jun

Davie, Canada in talks to add more icebreakers

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(OTTAWA, Ontario) — The government of Canada has announced that it will begin negotiations with Chantier Davie of Levis, Quebec, toward an umbrella agreement to become the third strategic partner under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). Pending successful negotiations, an agreement is expected to be in place by the end of 2022. The NSS is a long-term, multibillion-dollar program to…
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