Bollinger Shipyards has signed a contract with the US Coast Guard to construct four Arctic Security Cutters, a new class of medium polar icebreakers designed to strengthen the United States’ operational presence in the Arctic. The agreement formalizes Bollinger’s role in a US–Finland collaboration announced earlier this autumn by the White House.
The vessels will be based on a multi-purpose icebreaker design developed by Seaspan Shipyards of Vancouver in collaboration with Aker Arctic Technology of Helsinki, with additional support from Rauma Marine Construction in Finland.
Construction will be led from Bollinger’s shipyard in Houma, Louisiana, with work also distributed across other Gulf Coast facilities to meet the delivery timeline set by President Trump.