Engineering Control Center News

On March 27, the U.S. Coast Guard awarded Allied Systems Company a $10m dollar contract to provide deck cranes and auxiliary hydraulic power units for the USCG icebreakers Polar Star (WAGB-10) and Polar Sea (WAGB-11). This contract award represents part of a retrofit and reactivation of these older Coast Guard icebreakers to meet the needs of Homeland Security and the scientific community. The Coast Guard will be replacing the three existing Marine Cranes on each 400 ft Polar Icebreaker (WAGB) class vessel with new cranes…