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White House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards

White House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards
Bollinger‘s graphic representation of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newly announced incoming medium-class Arctic Security Cutter icebreaker, based on Seaspan and Aker’s design for the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Multi-Purpose Icebreakers. (Image: Bollinger)

The White House last Thursday announced a multi-billion dollar deal that will see Bollinger Shipyards and Canada's Davie Shipbuilding partner with foreign shipbuilders to construct up to 11 new medium-polar icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard, including four to be built in Finland, with the first ship to be delivered as early as 2028. President Donald Trump on Oct. 9 signed a presidential memorandum on icebreakers and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finland President Alexander Stubb, picking teams led…

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