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USCG selects Canadian design for up to six new icebreakers:

White House Selects Bollinger-Led International Team to Build Six U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters - Naval News

At a White House event on October, 9, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions (Rauma), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan), and Aker Arctic Technology Inc. (Aker Arctic), has been selected for the design and construction of...

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US picks industry team for construction of six Arctic security cutters

The United States has announced a major step in rebuilding its polar fleet, awarding a contract for the design and construction of six Arctic security cutters (ASC) to an international industry team led by Bollinger Shipyards, joined by Rauma Marine Constructions, Seaspan Shipyards, and Aker...

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Note this is a derivative of the Multi-purpose Icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard, of which 16 are contracted to be built in the next 10 years, after the heavy Polar icebreaker is completed.

Multi-Purpose Icebreakers - Seaspan

www.seaspan.com

Note as well that a Davie design has also been selected by the USCG for 6 additional vessels based on their Multi-purpose polar support ship (MPPS). Less information available on that one, but it appears it was based on a Finish design that Davie inherited when they bought Helsinki Shipyards in 2022.

 

[FormerDirtDart]

Dropping this in General Naval News as it is a multinational ship program (Belgian, Dutch & France), and it's on the lead ship of the City-class which will serve with the Belgian Navy and I couldn't locate the Belgian Navy thread (lol)
Anyway, Belgian Navy tweets sharing images of the mine countermeasure vessel Oostende
https://x.com/TheBelgianNavy/status/1979204364074889428 (ship & bridge)
https://x.com/TheBelgianNavy/status/1979204369338794185 (quarters, operations (?), CIC, bridge controls)
https://x.com/TheBelgianNavy/status/1979204375311434059 (refueling (?), mess, recreational space)


Nine total images and they're all quite large so just thumbnailing the first one

 

[Ananda]

Seems BAE candidate for Type 32 program.

 

[Ananda]

Xavier on European Corvette Program. Corvette now days more or less aim for Light Frigate size and configuration. Call me sceptic, when I see a program being call as Euro Program with more then few shipyards involve, I just thinking how many Euro Program that the partners in the end goes seperate ways.