ICE Pact
Trilateral agreement between the United States, Canada and Finland
The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, commonly referred to as the ICE Pact, is a trilateral partnership between the United States, Canada and Finland. The ICE Pact was formed on 11 July 2024 in Washington, D.C. The ICE Pact is a partnership in efforts to bolster shipbuilding capacities and industries, especially the enhancing of icebreaker ship production capacity in Canada and Finland, and to counter the influence of the Russian Federation and China in the Arctic region.
The United States formed the ICE Pact to strengthen the United States Coast Guard and to accelerate icebreaker shipbuilding for itself and allies with assistance from Finland and Canada. The country of manufacture is yet to be determined; US rules currently require navy ships to be manufactured in the United States, but not privately owned ships (though there are Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) restrictions on transport services). Canada has contracted for one heavy icebreaker from Seaspan ULC in British Columbia and plans to contract a second from Davie Shipbuilding in Quebec. Canada has contracted 16 icebreaking multipurpose vessels from Seaspan (currently in functional design as of August 2024 with detailed design starting in the first half of 2025) and 6 medium icebreakers from Davie (initial contract was awarded in March 2024). Finland has "know-how"; Helsinki Shipyard has built more than half of the world's icebreakers. The US has an overall goal of 70-90 Arctic-capable ships built within a decade. Canada is mainly to help with the ramping up and scaling of icebreaker ship building capacity.
On 13 November 2024, in Washington, D.C., representatives from Canada, the United States and Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on building icebreakers for the Arctic region.
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