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Ottawa business races to fill orders after grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada

9 November 2018 Matthew Kupfer, CBC News 0 Comments cargo, fire, food security, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Ottawa, shipping, transport

An Ottawa company that ships goods to Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic, says orders have come pouring in as word of

A freight train in Norilsk, Russia. (iStock)

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Russia’s Gazprom orders LNG-propelled trains for Arctic railway

30 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cargo, Economie, freight, Gazprom, LNG, rail, railways, Russia, Sinara Transport Machines, trains, Yamal peninsula

They will be environmentally friendly and far cheaper to use, the company says. It is the Sinara Transport Machines, a

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Coal exports help Murmansk railway beat cargo record

25 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cargo, coal, freight, Murmansk, rail, Russia, shipping, train, transport

A total of 1,120 wagons were unloaded in one day. Most of it was coal. The 18th May was a

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Alaskan airport 5th in world for air cargo

16 April 201816 April 2018 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, Arctic, aviation, cargo, freight, Ted Stevens International Airport, transport

Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage is the fifth busiest hub for air cargo in the world. According to a

The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)

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Icebreaker escorts up 100% in Russia

27 February 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cargo, military, Northern Sea Route, Rosatomflot, shipping

As shipping in Russian Arctic waters picks up pace, the country’s nuclear-powered icebreakers struggle to meet demands. Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers

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Shipping companies snub Russian Arctic route

26 September 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cargo, economy, Northern Sea Route, NSR, transportation

Only about 200,000 tons of cargo has this year been sent transit along the Northern Sea Route. According to figures

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Lockheed Martin’s first cargo airship is planned for deployment in Alaska

10 September 20169 September 2016 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Airship, Alaska, Arcitc, cargo, LMH-1, Lockheed Martin

Alaska could be the home of the world’s first modern cargo airship once the aircraft rolls off Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in

A Russian fishing boat enters northern port of Murmansk in Kol'skiy (Kola) peninsula on the Barents Sea. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)

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Declining interest in Northern Sea Route

18 March 201618 March 2016 Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Asia, cargo, europe, Gazprom, industry, shipping, Statoil

Interest from international ship operators in utilizing the Northern Sea Route has waned in recent years, according to a new

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New low for Northern Sea Route

15 February 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Bering Strait, cargo, NSR, shipping, transportation

Only 40,000 tons of cargo was transported transit through the Russian Arctic route in 2015. And 75 percent of that

A barge broke its tow in Canada's Arctic earlier this year and drifted as far away as the Russian coast. (US Coast Guard)

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Ship trouble in the Arctic on the rise: report

26 March 201526 March 2015 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality, cargo, Norway, shipping, United States

A new report says that as Artic ship traffic has increased, so has the number of Arctic ship mishaps. The

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Northern Sea Route traffic plummets

16 December 201417 December 2014 Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Asia, Barents Sea, Bering Strait, cargo, europe, Norway, shipping

After four years of increased use of the Northern Sea Route by vessels going in transit between Europe and Asia,

Icebreaker towing cargo ship through thick ice-field in the European Arctic. What kind of shipping traffic will the North American Arctic experience with the changing climate? (iStock)

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Arctic may not get that busy says U.S. report

8 May 2014 APRN 0 Comments cargo, Coast Guard, Infrastructure, shipping

As the ice goes out in the Arctic, many people predict more ships will be drawn through the Bering Strait