Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has awarded Elomatic Maritime Technologies GmbH a design and engineering contract to ...

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012.

German naval conglomerate Thyssenkrupp and Finland-based consulting and engineering company Elomatic have signed a design and ...

Norwegian-built icebreakers. Canada bought those instead. The U.S. Coast Guard’s problem with the Aiviq, retired officers told ProPublica, was the ship’s design. Originally built for oil ...

“I remain unconvinced,” he wrote in response to questions from ProPublica, that it “meets the operational requirements and design of a polar icebreaker that have been thoroughly documented ...

Also on offer were three smaller, Norwegian-built icebreakers. Canada bought those instead. The U.S. Coast Guard’s problem with the Aiviq, retired officers told ProPublica, was the ship’s design.

“I remain unconvinced,” he wrote in response to questions from ProPublica, that it “meets the operational requirements and design of a polar icebreaker that have been thoroughly documented ...

The Coast Guard gets its first new polar icebreaker in more than 25 years.The Coast Guard has accepted its first new polar ...

(Photo: USCG) The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history ... bad decision-making by people in charge but also flagged problems with the Aiviq’s design. But for all this, the same ...

which have icebreaker design technology. As a result, there is speculation that the U.S. may choose to receive technology transfers and build the vessels itself, rather than purchasing icebreakers ...