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Last month, the CCGS Jean Goodwill and the HMCS Frédérick Rolette partnered up for an icebreaking exercise in the Northumberland Strait. Icebreaking and escort operations ensure marine traffic continues to move safely all winter long.

Update on the Baltic Sea #icebreaking and winter navigation by @PeterRybski. sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/spring-thaw-…

@VesselFinder @ArctiaLtd In other news, the Swedish #icebreaker Ale is repositioned from Lake Vänern to Holmsund. Oh, and #icebreaking assistance has again been suspended to four northernmost Finnish ports in the Bothnian Bay due to adverse ice conditions — likely heavy compression within the ice pack.

I guess it's time to start the customary Baltic Sea winter navigation thread for the 2025–2026 season. I will be tracking #icebreaker movements and other interesting events. Latest Finnish ice reports and ice charts can be found at @meteorologit: en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/ice-conditions

Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Shipyard International has filed a patent application for what seems to be some kind of rudder headbox (CN121608852 A). Nothing new under the ice. Similar construction can already be found in e.g. RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina.

"Tapaus herätti huomiota verkossa, kun suomalainen jäänmurtajiin erikoistunut suunnittelutoimisto Railotech nosti sen esiin X-palvelussa." 😁 x.com/Railotech/stat…

Suomessa valmistetun jäänmurtajan 4,2-metrinen jättipotkuri meni vaihtoon – Venäjä teki uuden itse, mutta siihen voi liittyä riskejä | @tekniikkatalous tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/a/8416…

Another day, another #icebreaking model test at our ice laboratory. Still getting used to the new camera...

Here's also the same @errnews article in English. news.err.ee/1609967534/ice…

Ever wondered what a 63-year-old classic quad-screw Baltic Sea assistance #icebreaker looks like from the inside? Check out 23 photographs of the 1963-built Estonian icebreaker Tarmo in this @errnews article. The engine telegram still has Finnish texts! err.ee/1609967063/tar…

Last week we held our annual invite-only customer event, the #ArcticPassion Seminar. Select presentations from the event are now available on our website: railotech.fi/arctic-passion…

With new ships, Canada aims to be "#icebreaking superpower" | @FRANCE24 "The @Seaspan ship 'can go anywhere in the Canadian Arctic any time of the year, which is a very difficult requirement to meet,' [Senior Vice President Dave] Hargreaves said."

Our field team has just returned from the sunny Bothnian Bay where we are carrying out fortnightly ice channel measurements on the Kemi-Tornio fairway. This work is part of the SNAIL (Study on NAvigation in Ice channeL) project funded by the Winter Navigation Research Board.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star completes Operation Deep Freeze 2026 mission, departs Antarctica | @USCG "The Polar Star is the United States' only surface asset capable of providing year-round access to both Polar Regions." news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases…

Suomalainen jäänmurtajien huippuosaaja vaihtoi nimeä – tässä syy | @tekniikkatalous "Suomalainen jäänmurtajien suunnitteluun erikoistunut Aker Arctic Technology on nyt Railo Technology." tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/a/68e6…