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Originally Posted by casper
You may get your wish. But it is a reverse takeover.
The world leader in ice breakers is Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki. They have made most of the European and Russian ice breakers.
That shipyard was acquired by a multi-national shipbuilding company called "Chantier Davie Canada" based out of Quebec a few years ago. Where they have a shipyard building ice breakers for Canada.
Given the US is now interested in building their first ice breaker in decades, Davie a few weeks ago announced that they had acquired a shipyard in Galveston Texas, and would be refurbishing that shipyard to build ice breakers for the US.
Part of a NATO collaboration between Finland, Canada and the US, a collaboration where Canada and Finland are going to help the US develop ice breaker capabilities.
I think the only question is will the Americans be welcoming of these foreigners from Canada and Finland that will help setup this new shipyard are will they be arrested by ICE and flown back to Canada? Time will tell.
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Very interesting. I see the hull of the first Polar Max will be constructed in Helsinki to be delivered to Quebec for finishing:
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Uniquely, Polar Max will be constructed through an innovative industrial collaboration between Canadian-controlled facilities in Helsinki, Finland and Lévis, Canada. Construction on the Polar Max hull will begin at Davie’s Helsinki Shipyard, which has built 100% of the complex medium to heavy icebreakers delivered from Finland over the past 25 years .
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Here is an article on Davie acquiring the shipyard in Texas with eye towards U.S. icebreaker contracts.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/with...s-sights-on-coast-guards-new-icebreaker/
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