A top Norwegian military official identified icebreakers as one of the capability gaps that exist between NATO and Russia and ...

Russian icebreakers have come to the aid of ships that are stuck in the ice of the Gulf of Finland. This was announced on February 27 on the website of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency.It ...

EADaily, February 27th, 2026. Russian icebreakers are helping ships in the Finnish waters of the Gulf of Finland. Independently, neighbors cannot cope with abnormally thick ice, which paralyzes the ...

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 ...

Through Force Design 2028, made possible through a surge of $25 billion in federal funds, the Coast Guard is implementing ...

Estonia's icebreakers have freed over 50 vessels from the pack ice hemming in Estonia's coastlines and shipping lanes since the start of the year.

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.

EADaily, February 24th, 2026. The cargo ship, following the easternmost port of Estonia, got stuck in ice in the territorial waters of Estonia in the Gulf of Finland. The icebreaker that arrived, ...

In December of 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard announced the award of two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers.

Across the global shipping industry, vessels worth hundreds of millions are sometimes deliberately scrapped, sunk, or ...

When a pair of Canadians got stranded on the ice on Lake St. Clair on Tuesday, an American team with a U.S. Coast Guard ...

Even with a sturdy ship and the help of satellite images, negotiating the frozen ocean requires a dose of humility before nature’s might.