Finnish companies have designed about 80 percent of the world’s icebreakers, and about 60 percent of them have been built by Finnish shipyards. Finland is home to a strong and vibrant maritime cluster ...

European leaders meeting in Rovaniemi backed a stronger EU role in the Arctic, with Finland pressing for joint icebreaker capacity, more northern infrastructure and closer security cooperation.

Finnish icebreaker builders continue to strengthen their position as the world’s leading firms and their ability to meet the growing demand for icebreaking vessels. Aker Arctic, an industry leader for ...

Finland’s premier icebreaker designer, Aker Arctic, has been awarded a contract to develop a new state-of-the-art mid-size icebreaker. The effort is part of a major fleet renewal program to ready ...

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 ...

July 11 (UPI) --The United States, Canada and Finland said Thursday agreed on a trilateral pact to strengthen shipbuilding and industrial capacity. The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE, will ...

The Finnish transport infrastructure agency pointed out that this is being done in accordance with routine practices of winter navigation HELSINKI, February 27. /TASS/. Russian icebreakers are helping ...

Nov. 13 (UPI) --Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters. President Joe ...

A landmark US partnership puts Finland’s world-leading icebreaker in the spotlight. As its shipyards gear up for billions in orders, questions remain over politics, dependency and who is truly at the ...

The US, Canada and Finland have announced an initiative to collaborate on the production of polar icebreakers, a move meant to jump-start an expansion of shipbuilding capacity to supply a global ...