Public Publications / 12.05.2026
Great Lakes Icebreaking Ends
The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded Great Lakes and Eastern U.S. icebreaking operations after a severe winter season. Read more…
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Public Publications / 22.12.2025
Breaking the ice: divers head beneath UK’s polar research ship in Antarctic sea ice mission
While most of us are already thinking about the coming holidays, our field team onboard the British polar research vessel RRS…
Read morePublic Publications / 22.09.2025
Bent But Not Broken: Lighter Icebreakers
To meet simple but strict strength formulas, one option is to simply add more steel. At Aker Arctic, however, we have developed…
Read morePublic Publications / 15.09.2025
Propulsion system for the research icebreaker Polarstern
By the end of August 2025, TKMS, Wärtsilä, Steerprop and Aker Arctic had inked the contracts for the entire propulsion unit:…
Read morePublic Publications / 14.05.2025
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Aker Arctic
The Wall Street Journal published an article about why Finland is the best candidate for designing icebreakers. In his…
Read morePublic Publications / 04.04.2025
Seaspan Begins Construction on Heavy Polar Icebreaker
It is a major milestone for the project. The Polar Icebreaker project for the Canadian Coast Guard resumed in 2021 with a…
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We are now Railo Technology
To better reflect our global authority in ice engineering and the Finnish…
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Six Arctic Security Cutters for U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded contracts for the construction of six Arctic…
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