South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has awarded the first order from abroad for the realization of a icebreaker. Swedish Maritime's order Administration (SMA) expects a construction value of 348.9 million dollars with delivery in 2029. The Asian company has stressed that this is an order of great importance in terms of what was obtained in the context of a tender in which they Shipyards with significant experience in the segment icebreakers including those in Finland and Norway.

The ship, with a displacement of about 15,000 tons, will be 126 meters long, will be equipped with electric propulsion and, being able to sail in waters with the presence of ice of the thickness between one and 1.2 meters, it will be Polar Class 4 certified.

In addition, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries highlighted that the order from Sweden is also important in terms of the market since last year the US passed a law to significantly increase the budget for the construction of icebreakers that will be raised to about nine billion dollars, as well as the Icebreaker Collaboration agreement Effort signed in 2024 between the United States, Canada and Finland which the goal of building 70 to 90 icebreakers in the next few ten years.