
Following a decision by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in late December allowing the Coast Guard to move forward with limited production of a new heavy polar icebreaker, the department this week greenlit the start of full production for the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC), the service said on Thursday. The December decision authorized the Coast Guard to build 16 of the 85 modules that make up the PSC. Bollinger Shipyards, which is under contract for up to three…