Safeguards in place, but still stranded: New details on efforts to free Thamesborg before freeze-up
On paper, the European shipping company that sent the Thamesborg cargo vessel through the Northwest Passage did everything right: the
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Salvage vessels arrive to free ship trapped in Arctic Canada…as long as weather cooperates
After more than two weeks under watch from the Canadian Coast Guard, a Dutch-flagged cargo ship stranded in the Northwest
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Cargo ship involved in weapons deliveries from North Korea makes port call in Arkhangelsk
The 131-meter-long Maia-1 is under international sanctions for its transportation of weapons used in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The
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Nunavut enters into new 10-year agreement for air transportation services
By Francis Tessier-Burns Agreement with Bradley Air Services covers things such as medical travel, duty travel and cargo The Government
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Ammonium nitrate cargo placed at port near University Hospital of North Norway
The vessel came from Russia’s northern port of Kandalaksha and carries 20,000 tons of the hazardous material ammonium nitrate known
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Fishing vessels dominate Arctic shipping traffic in 2022: report
According to a recent Arctic Council report, fishing vessels were the most common ships in Arctic waters in 2022. Of
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Russian transport minister says Northern Sea Route a step closer to year-round passage
The sailing of LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie across the Russian Arctic seaway in mid January shows that shipping on
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Int’l Inuit org disappointed over “weak” heavy fuel oil ban approved by IMO
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), an organization that represents the approximately 180,000 Inuit in Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka,
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International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists
‘A catastrophic spill in the Arctic — you can’t measure those costs,’ says Andrew Dumbrille Environmental groups say a new
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As IMO meeting gets underway, NGOs urge strengthening of draft heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic
As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting gets underway this week, NGOs are calling for the
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Inuit org wants Canada to deem air transport essential during COVID-19 crisis
The national Inuit organization in Canada is calling on the federal government to deem air transport an essential service for
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Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia
The world’s only nuclear-powered merchant ship left St. Petersburg on Tuesday and is now underway to Arkhangelsk where it will
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2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage
2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest
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Sea ice blocking shipment of materials into Iqaluit, northeastern Canada
Large chunks of sea ice floating in Frobisher Bay are holding up the transport of construction materials into Iqaluit, in
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Ottawa business races to fill orders after grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada
An Ottawa company that ships goods to Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic, says orders have come pouring in as word of
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