Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions has signed a deal to build two icebreaker ships for the U.S. Coast Guard with delivery in 2028, the company said in a statement, as President Donald Trump seeks to boost his country’s national security in the Arctic.
The vessels are the first to be constructed under a memorandum of understanding signed in October by Trump and Finnish President Alexander Stubb laying the foundation for commercial agreements on icebreakers.
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Under that memorandum, Finland will build four medium sized “Arctic Security Cutters” at Finnish shipyards, with the U.S. later constructing up to seven more vessels domestically using Finnish expertise.
RMC did not disclose the contract value of the two ships. The procurement of 11 icebreakers is expected to cost about $6.1 billion in total, a White House official said in October.
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Greenland class?
Glad to see US dollars spent in Europe on ships that the Coast Guard have needed for probably a decade. Really speaks about US domestic ship production though.
To be fair, the Finnish yards are also just really good at building icebreakers. Something like half of all of the entire world’s icebreakers come out of Helsinki
come out of Helsinki
Rauma Marine Constructions is located at city of Rauma, not Helsinki. But here in Finland we do know how to deal with snow and ice.
