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Royal Caribbean has begun construction on its fifth Icon-class cruise ship with a keel-laying ceremony at Meyer Turku in Finland. The vessel is due to enter service in 2028, but the company has not released its name, specifications or itinerary.
Meyer Turku floated out Hero of the Seas on 4 September 2026, moving the fourth Icon Class cruise ship built for Royal Caribbean into outfitting at its Turku shipyard in Finland. The yard filled its dry dock with more than 90 million gallons of water for the operation, then towed the ship to the adjacent pier for interior work, technical installations and finishing before sea trials and handover.
Rauma Marine Constructions has completed the hull of the third multi-purpose corvette for Finland’s Squadron 2020 programme. The vessel will now move into outfitting, with launch scheduled later this year. All four corvettes are now under construction at the Rauma shipyard.
Rauma Marine Constructions laid the keel for the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette for the Finnish Navy on 4 August. The vessel is the third in assembly, after steel production began in January 2026 and the first two ships were launched in 2025 and 2026.
Sata Shipbuilding has started construction of the first Arctic Security Cutter icebreaker for the United States Coast Guard in Pori. The first two vessels in the five-ship program will be built at Helsinki Shipyard with Sata support, with delivery of the first ship due in 2028.
Hull assembly has begun in Helsinki for Polar Max, the Canadian icebreaker commissioned by the Government of Canada. The vessel started construction in August 2025 and will have its completed hull finished at Davie Shipbuilding’s yard in Québec in 2030.
Rauma Marine Constructions launched the second Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette for the Finnish Navy on 21 May. The vessel reached launch stage less than a year after keel laying, and all four Squadron 2020 vessels are now under construction.
Rauma Marine Constructions has launched the two-year Electric Ship Factory project to develop large fully electric RoPax and RoRo vessels for European short sea routes. The consortium is led by RMC and includes Pemamek, Kempower, Åbo Akademi University, VTT, Tampere University, Aalto University, Solita, DNV and CeLLife, with partial funding from Business Finland.
Rauma Marine Constructions has completed the hull of the second multi-purpose corvette, with outfitting now under way and launching planned for this spring. The yard said the fourth corvette entered production in January, the same day the third boat’s keel was laid, leaving all four vessels in production at once.
Davie Defense has won a U.S. Coast Guard contract to build five Arctic Security Cutters, with two of the vessels to be built in Finland at Helsinki Shipyard. The program is part of a plan for up to 11 cutters, and the first is due in 2028.
Rauma Marine Constructions started production of the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette for the Finnish Navy on 14 January and laid the keel for the third vessel the same day. All four corvettes in the Squadron 2020 order are now under construction at the Rauma yard, alongside two U.S. icebreakers that are moving toward production start.
Bollinger Shipyards has signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to build four Arctic Security Cutters, a new class of medium polar icebreakers. The work will be based at the yard’s Houma, Louisiana, facility and supported by multiple Gulf Coast sites.