Murmansk boosts exports to $4.7 billion, only 3% goes to neighbouring Norway
The Russian Arctic region has almost doubled its exports over the past five years. It is the powerful mineral and
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Northern Sea Route developer wants Putin to approve Arctic container shipping plan
“There is a huge interest in the international business community,” Chief of Rosatom Aleksei Likhachev tells the President. “With your
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Nornickel expands on Northern Sea Route
The company intends to build several icebreakers and invest 26 billion rubles in its Dudinka seaport. The world’s leading producer
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Moscow plans for 2,000 per cent growth of trans-Arctic shipping over 10 years
The Russian government intends to boost annual transit volumes on the Northern Sea Route from 1,3 million tons in 2020
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Shipping, climate & business opportunities in the North: Q&A with the Arctic Economic Council
Russia took over the rotating two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) in May. Shipping and maritime safety are
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First plane lands in Novatek’s new airport in Arctic Russia
The 1,550 meter long runway is now ready to operate round-the-year as part of the company’s Arctic LNG 2 project.
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Rigs sail north for drilling in Russian Arctic
Wells will this summer be drilled in the the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob. Jackup rig Perro Negro 8 this
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Ships set out on trans-Arctic voyage as spring comes to Northern Sea Route
Accompanied by nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal, LNG carrier Nikolay Urvantsev moves eastwards in this year’s first transit shipment on the
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Moscow wants new connection to Arctic coast, revives plans for a railway to Sabetta
Following Putin’s highlighting of the Northern Latitudinal Passage in his recent address to the nation, the major railway project might
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World’s northernmost railway in Russia to carry 52 million tons of petro products
Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of Gazprom, has struck a deal with the Russian Railways over massive deliveries of liquified
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First real green spring comes to Nikel, Russia
“We, ordinary people living in Nikel, are very happy. The air is fresh, leaves are green,” says Tatiana Bazanova who
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Megafon halts trans-Arctic cable project Arctic Connect
The trans-Arctic cable project that has been under planning for several years by Megafon and its Finnish partner Cinia might
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Here comes Russia’s biggest Arctic oil terminal
There is still a thick layer of sea-ice in the Yenisey Bay. But ships have still made their way to the
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Russian oil races against time in Arctic
“Extract as much as you can,” the country’s top energy legislator says. But time might be about to run out
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Murmansk railway line must be completed, say Russian officials
As construction of the Murmansk Transport Hub had come to a full halt, top federal officials assembled for a talk
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