Davie and Helsinki Shipyard Ink Contract for Five More USCG Arctic Cutters

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Published on Wednesday, 11 February 2026 19:01
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Davie Defense and Helsinki Shipyard were awarded a contract for five Arctic Security Cutters (USCG)

Published Feb 11, 2026 1:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

 

The U.S. Coast Guard completed the second tranche of its shipbuilding effort for the new Arctic Security Cutter program, awarding a contract to the U.S.-based subsidiary of Davie for five additional cutters. The order comes almost two months after the U.S. Coast Guard completed a similar order for six Arctic Security Cutters with Bollinger and Rauma Yards in Finland. 

Davie’s Helsinki Shipyard in Finland will lead the project, starting work on the first two vessels and providing the design and expertise for the cutters. No details were offered on the specifics of

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AIS and the main categories of AIS challenges

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Published on Wednesday, 04 February 2026 08:17
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Kristin Omholt-Jensen
March 11, 2024
 
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In spite of errors and weaknesses the AIS in combination with low orbit satellites and affordable connectivity with low latency, will create a land of opportunity for the marine traffic and commercial shipping. The race has already started, so therefore we think everyone working in the maritime industry needs to have some basic AIS knowledge.

The short history

Automatic identification system or AIS for short and the AIS technology is an old technology and operates within the VHF radio band. The marine AIS was introduced to prevent collisions among large vessels at sea where the vessels were outside the range of shore-based systems. From 2002 the IMO Convention for the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) Regulation V/19.2.4

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Strait of Hormuz crisis averted for now

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Published on Monday, 02 February 2026 22:12
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Oil prices eased back on Monday morning as live-fire exercises orchestrated by Iran in the waters of the world’s most important energy lifeline have been called off.

Paul Bartlett, Correspondent

February 2, 2026

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Iranian National Guard in Strait of Hormuz in 2022Credit: USCG

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ plan to hold live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz were called off at the weekend. They had been widely reported by international media outlets after the country’s state-run Press TV announced plans to carry out the exercises on the first two days of February on Thursday. However, an Iranian official subsequently told Reuters that there were no such plans and that media reports to the contrary were wrong.  

The Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman is

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Rutte dice "sigan soñando" sobre la independencia militar de EE.UU., provocando críticas en Europa

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Published on Wednesday, 28 January 2026 07:10
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Por Jorge Liboreiro
Publicado 27/01/2026 - 16:56 CET •Ultima actualización 17:16
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El secretario general de la OTAN está siendo criticado por sus comentarios desdeñosos sobre la idea de una futura independencia europea de la protección de Washington.

El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, se enfrenta a una reacción virulenta de varias personalidades europeas y la propia Comisión tras afirmar que la Unión Europea tendrá que "seguir soñando" con independizarse militarmente de Estados Unidos.

Sus declaraciones se produjeron tras el intento del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, de arrebatar Groenlandia a Dinamarca mediante una invasión militar, una disputa sin precedentes que puso al borde del colapso la alianza transatlántica de casi 80 años.

Las tensiones se apaciguaron gracias a un acuerdo mediado por Rutte para impedir la invasión, del que se

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