Industry

After US expansion, Canada’s Davie shipyard eyes Sweden icebreaker gap

MILAN — After announcing it was buying U.S. shipyard sites to build icebreakers, the…

The US is negotiating with Finland to buy icebreakers (again), Trump says: Commentary

President Trump said nearly the same thing nearly five years ago. This time around,…

The real unicorns of the startup world: European defence technology funds

In Europe there’s a much, much more rare unicorn than the billion-dollar startup: The…

Why Davie’s US acquisition would help Helsinki shipyards: Analysis

Davie’s plan to upgrade the shipbuilding facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur will make…

The pressing need for more ships in the US Navy: Commentary

Today, we’ll look at part of the “bigger picture.” It’s not pretty. This is…

From Baffinland to Deception Bay, Canada looks north for its mining future: Commentary

As I pointed out in my recent article on Arctic exploration, mining activity in…

Finnish shipyard RMC in negotiations to build up to eight icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard

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

Canada’s Arctic mineral conundrum: Commentary

Canada has two nickel/copper mines, two highly profitable gold mines (with a third coming…