When ice forms on major waterways in the wintertime or in year-round cold climates, it can seize up marine traffic, not allowing boats to pass through, and often even trapping them in ice. In order to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lake freighter ship that was stuck in the ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River since Wednesday was freed Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.

Icebreakers do not “cut” through ice like a knife, they climb onto it and use their mass to crush it from above while pushing the broken slabs aside. This explains the key hull design differences ...

The U.S. on Thursday announced the creation of a new trilateral pact with Canada and Finland to boost shipbuilding and establish a stronger Arctic fleet as Washington aims to combat Russian and ...

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 doesn’t ...

The most extensive sea ice in 15 years around Russia's key Baltic Sea commodity ports could curb a chunk of the nation's vast exports program.

ROME, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a ...