Moutafis said Fincantieri's Marinette Marine yard was primed to be a part of U.S. naval fleet expansion.

A Coast Guard leader and Republican senator on Wednesday spotlighted the depleted U.S. icebreaker fleet in the arctic, and warned of the consequences of falling further behind Russia and China in the ...

Sailors from the Royal Navy icebreaker have shown their solidarity with Ukraine during a visit to the country’s remote research station in Antarctica. HMS Protector called in at Vernadsky Base for the ...

At a shipyard in Finland last month, workers cut the first steel for a new icebreaker ship. Over the next three years, about 10,000 tons of the metal will go into the hull before the vessel is carried ...

As global warming continues and sea lanes open in the Arctic, the world’s major powers are pouring money into the construction of icebreaker ships. Icebreaker ships are the unsung enablers of Arctic ...

HELSINKI—Smashing ice is straightforward—except when it is more than 10-feet thick and you’re using a ship, even one designed for the job. If an icebreaker’s hull is the wrong shape, the ice bends but ...