Congress approves more US icebreakers

Statute approves funding for construction of a second Coast Guard icebreaker, contracts for eventual construction of six vessels

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

The Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, recently passed by Congress, includes provisions to continue the construction of new Coast Guard icebreakers, referred to as polar security cutters. In 2018 Congress approved the eventual construction of six polar-class icebreakers, and in 2019 approved funding f....

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Statute provisions

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