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Rauma Marine Constructions said its 2025 turnover rose to EUR 252.97 million and profit increased to EUR 2.18 million, helped by the delivery of Spirit of Tasmania V to TT-Line at the end of June. The yard also said the US Coast Guard confirmed an order for two icebreakers before year-end, while work continued on the Pohjanmaa-class corvette programme.
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.
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.
Bollinger Shipyards has named Mark Matta Sr. vice president and general manager of its Houma shipyard after Rich Murphy retired. Murphy had led the facility, which is working on the Navy’s TATS and LSM programs, the National Science Foundation’s RCRV program and the Coast Guard’s ASC program.
Davie Defense said it has finalised a $3.5B contract with the US Coast Guard for five Arctic Security Cutters, moving the program from a February letter contract into execution. Helsinki Shipyard will build two of the vessels with Sata Shipbuilding, while three will be built at Gulf Copper in Texas.
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.
Bollinger Shipyards and U.S. Coast Guard officials commissioned USCGC Olivia Hooker in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 22 January. The cutter will be homeported there, and Bollinger said it took delivery of the vessel at Coast Guard Sector Key West in October 2025.
Birdon America has won a firm fixed-price contract to build a Response Boat-Small demonstrator for the United States Coast Guard. The boat will be delivered to a USCG facility in Norfolk, Virginia, or Charleston, South Carolina, for a three-month operational evaluation.
Rauma Marine Constructions has won a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build two Arctic Security Cutters. The first two vessels will be built at the Rauma shipyard and completed in 2028, with construction starting immediately.
Birdon said it secured an $18.3m contract from Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration to deliver 15 Bridge Erection Boats, and it also won a 20-year deal to design, build, operate and maintain the new Daintree River Ferry in Australia. The company said production began on two prototype ASC-M landing craft for the US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, while build-out of 27 Waterways Commerce Cutters for the US Coast Guard is under way.
Bollinger Shipyards has been selected with Rauma Marine Constructions, Seaspan Shipyards and Aker Arctic Technology Inc. to design and build six U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters. The first three vessels will be built simultaneously by Rauma in Finland and Bollinger in the United States, with the remaining three to be built in the United States.