As climate change brings more boats to the Arctic, the U.S.’s need for boats that can cut through the ice has also increased.

One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

Shares in South Korean shipbuilders HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean rose more than 15% and 16%, respectively, ...

Shell bought Russian liquified natural gas shipments totalling 350,000 tonnes which required an escort from sanctioned ...

There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have ...

Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of the Kara ...

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A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker damaged in a collision five days ago in Arctic waters will be repaired during normal ...

An investigation has revealed the critical role nuclear icebreakers play in enabling cargoes of liquified natural gas (LNG) ...

The president plans to order new icebreakers to help compete with Russia and China, but the first one the U.S. has built in decades isn’t expected to be finished until after 2030.

The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system susceptible to failure in ice. Its waste and disc ...