The following is the April 29, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report ...

It's designed to bring skilled meat cutters into the industry, which has lost jobs over the years due to a lack of training in the workforce.

In 2019, Halter Marine won a $745.9 million design contract to build the first heavy icebreaker for the Coast Guard as part of its Polar Security Cutter program, with options for two more for a ...

The goal of the Meat Cutter Training Program is to support meat and poultry processors and producers, create jobs, and enhance Vermont’s livestock industry. The Legislature approved $25,500 for ...

Lawmakers are frustrated about delays and overruns with the Coast Guard's polar security cutter program, years behind schedule and hundreds of millions over budget.

Eastern Shipbuilding says it will go to court to obtain materials explaining why the Coast Guard gave the contract to Austal instead of the incumbent.