U.S. Coast Guard awards contract for first new heavy icebreaker in four decades
Mississippi-based VT Halter Marine Inc. will design and construct the new U.S. heavy icebreaker, with the option of building two more.
April 24, 2019
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The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to VT Halter Marine Inc. to design and construct the first U.S. heavy icebreaker in decades.
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