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Sweden picks Hyundai Heavy Industries to build icebreaker as Finland loses out

The decision, first reported by Tekniikka&Talous, has been appealed by Davie/Helsinki Shipyard Image: Aker…

The challenge of counting icebreakers

This is a reproduction of an article that first appeared on Sixty Degrees North.…

The Arctic’s dirty secret: Scientists urge immediate action to curb black carbon

Arctic shipping is booming. But with the increased traffic has come a growing danger…

Some ideas never die as talk of a Bering Strait tunnel returns

A Russian proposal to build a “Putin-Trump tunnel” under the Bering Strait is just…

Can the West rediscover its shipbuilding capacity?

At the opening day of the Arctic Circle Business Forum in Reykjavík, James Davies,…

Chinese freighter halves EU delivery time on maiden Arctic voyage to UK

A Chinese container ship has completed a pioneering journey through the Arctic to a…

Forget the hype. Here are the facts about last week’s US-Finland icebreaker deal

This is a reproduction of an article that first appeared on Sixty Degrees North.…

Trump and Finland’s Stubb approve deal for icebreaker ships

U.S. President Donald Trump and Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb sealed an agreement on Thursday…