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Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Norway 

Norwegian Arctic ferry lines to go electric by 2022

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 11:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 11:22
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Norway’s successful transition to a zero-emission transport sector continues. By the end of 2022, the last remaining ferry connection along

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‘A little frustrating’: Northwest Canada tours, Alaska cruises cancelled this year

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11:05
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Two major tour companies have cancelled most of their Alaska cruises for the year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Holland America Line said

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 11:11
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Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

New “Frankenstein” shipping fuel could further pollute the Arctic, environmental groups say

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 09:33
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A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

In a last move as PM, Medvedev secured funding to first Russian Lider-class icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 12:55 — Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 13:03
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On January 15th, the same day as he delivered his resignation, Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution allocating 127 billion rubles

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

More shippers and shipping companies boycott Arctic sea routes, but it isn’t solving the problem, experts claim

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:58
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Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s new Arctic patrol ships could be tasked with hurricane relief

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 11:10
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The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 15:06
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2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest

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