Tero Vauraste is the president and CEO of Arctia Shipping Ltd., a Finnish Polar Maritime Services company, providing icebreaking, ice management, oil spill response and other polar maritime services. He is also the vice chair of the Arctic Economic Council, and a member of the boards of the Finnish Arctic Society and Finnish Maritime Society. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/tero-vauraste/rss en Shipping Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Tero Vauraste https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/02/11/a-better-way-to-build-icebreakers-collaboration https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/02/11/a-better-way-to-build-icebreakers-collaboration Why pay more than $1 billion for a new icebreaker when it costs $150 million to make one in Finland – and where they are used for only part of the year? Canada, the U.S. and Finland could share these vessels, a joint venture that would increase the number of much-needed ice-ready ships in the changing Arctic.