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The Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika escorting a vessel through ice on the Northern Sea Route
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Russia seeks $2.35b from exporters to build Arctic icebreakers

Reuters
CCGS Judy LaMarsh, a rebuilt icebreaker acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard from a private operator
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Rebuilt icebreaker enters service with Canadian Coast Guard

Will Xavier
The Russian icebreaker Admiral Makarov after she suffered an onboard fire while undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2026
Incidents

VIDEO | Fire ignites on Soviet-era icebreaker undergoing repairs in Saint Petersburg

Jens Karsten
Arctia's icebreaker Nordica upon arrival in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, September 4, 2026
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Finnish icebreaker arrives in Canada to support coast guard Arctic operations

Jens Karsten
Workboat News Roundup | August 28 – US training ship delivery, Finnish and Canadian icebreaker orders and more
Work Boat World

Workboat News Roundup | August 28 – US training ship delivery, Finnish and Canadian icebreaker orders and more

Baird Maritime
Nuyina
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Australian icebreaker to evacuate Antarctic research station personnel amid potential bird flu outbreak

Gareth Havelock
Multi-purpose icebreaker Nordica
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Finnish icebreaker to support Canadian Coast Guard's Arctic operations

Gareth Havelock
Chantier Davie Canada
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Canadian builder secures order for six icebreakers

Jens Karsten
Rendering of the Finnish icebreaker Aino
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Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency selects local yard for new icebreaker

Gareth Havelock
Project 3262 icebreaking tug
Inland Tug Operations

Russian builder floats out icebreaking emergency response tug

Jens Karsten
Swedish icebreakers
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New report highlights Sweden's need for more icebreakers

Alan Bosworth
Workboat News Roundup | July 3 – US icebreaker contracts, and electric hydrofoil pilot boat and more
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Workboat News Roundup | July 3 – US icebreaker contracts, and electric hydrofoil pilot boat and more

Baird Maritime
Rendering of an Arctic security cutter
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US Coast Guard finalises contracts for six medium icebreakers

Will Xavier
Rendering of an Arctic security cutter
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Construction begins on new US Coast Guard medium icebreakers

Will Xavier
Soya
Coast Guard

VESSEL REVIEW | Soya – Japan Coast Guard's new large patrol vessel boasts icebreaking capability

Baird Maritime
Workboat News Roundup | June 12 – Chinese and US survey vessels, Canadian icebreaker construction and more
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Workboat News Roundup | June 12 – Chinese and US survey vessels, Canadian icebreaker construction and more

Baird Maritime
The Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers Arktika and Chukotka at Russia's Baltic Shipyard
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Russian Government orders postponed commissioning of new nuclear-powered icebreaker

Gareth Havelock
Keel-laying ceremony for the future Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker CCGS Arpatuuq at Helsinki Shipyard, May 28, 2026
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Keel laid for future Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker

Will Xavier
Groundbreaking ceremony at Davie Defense's Galveston icebreaker manufacturing facility, June 1, 2026
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Davie Defense breaks ground on $1b modernisation of Gulf Copper Shipyards in Texas

Will Xavier
The Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutia
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Rosatom: Construction of Russia's nuclear-powered icebreakers is ahead of schedule

Jens Karsten
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