Quebec-based Davie Shipbuilding announces plans to buy Texas shipyards

Open this photo in gallery: In this photo from a 2023 trade show, Davie Shipbuilding shows models of the polar icebreakers it hopes to build in the United States.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press A Canadian shipbuilder is ready to attempt a major foray into the United States, despite ongoing tensions between the two countries, including around military procurement. Davie Shipbuilding announced on Wednesday that it plans to purchase shipyards in the Texas cities of Galveston and Port Arthur from Gulf Copper and Manufacturing Corp., a U.S. company. Davie's aim is to the use the sites to build icebreaker ships, most likely…