The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system susceptible to failure in ice. Its waste and ...

The longer the Coast Guard failed to build the ships it did want, the more pressure it faced to settle for one it didn’t. Chouest seized the opportunity. The company invited Coast Guard officers to ...

Aiviq builders gave more than $7M in political donations since 2012; Coast Guard purchased vessel under pressure from Congress. The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship ...