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Coast Guard Seeks Information On Commercial Polar Icebreaker For Purchase

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

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Coast Guard Seeks Information On Commercial Polar Icebreaker For Purchase

The Coast Guard's Polar Star is the nation's only heavy polar icebreaker. In this Coast Guard photo the vessel is shown conducting ice breaking operations in Antarctica in Jan. 2017.

The Coast Guard this week began its formal outreach to potentially acquire a commercial icebreaker built in the U.S. and available for purchase in 2023 or 2024 and that can operate in or around the Arctic. Release of the Request for Information (RFI) on Tuesday follows the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request to Congress in March seeking $150 million for a commercially available polar icebreaker to meet the Coast Guard’s interim needs until its new fleet of heavy…

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