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Coast Guard Moves Closer To Acquiring Commercial Polar Icebreaker

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 4th, 2024

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Coast Guard Moves Closer To Acquiring Commercial Polar Icebreaker

The Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker chartered by the National Science Foundation. Photo: Edison Chouest Offshore.

The Coast Guard last Friday said it plans to negotiate with Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, to acquire a commercially available icebreaker to help meet its short-term needs for more polar icebreaking capacity. Offshore Service Vessels, which is based in Louisiana and does business as Edison Chouest Offshore, on its website says it has previously built the 308-foot Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaking research vessel and the 230-foot-long Laurence M. Gould icebreaker. Both the Palmer—built in 1992—and the Gould—built in 1997—are chartered…

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