U.S. regulator eyes Arctic shipping chokehold as key deadline approaches
With two weeks left for public comments, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is probing constraints on key global shipping routes—including
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Northern Sea Route
Russia sees scope for international investors in Arctic
Russia sees scope for international investors, including from the Global South, to help develop its Arctic region, a senior official
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Here comes Yakutia, Russia’s newest nuclear icebreaker
The flag-raising ceremony happened at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on December 28. It took four and a half
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Beijing and Moscow tune in for more Arctic shipping
Only few days after a Chinese bulk carrier destroyed two cables in the Baltic Sea in what appears as an
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Sea-ice caused trouble for Russian warships
Russia is developing a fleet of naval icebreakers. But none of them took part in the Northern Fleet’s expedition that
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Deputy PM admits Russia can’t build enough ice-class ships
By Denis Zagore Russia has a major shortage of ice-class cargo fleet ships. According to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, Russian
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Under the flag of Gabon tankers sail sanctioned Russian oil through Arctic ice
The Sai Baba is sailing the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to China and is part of a major Africa-registered
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Sea-ice lies thick on the water as Russian oil tanker sails Arctic route
Loaded with up to 38,000 tons of oil, the 245 meter long tanker Shturman Skuratov makes this year’s first transit
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Moscow says it will build drone bases along Arctic coast
Several bases for long-range drones will be built along the Northern Sea Route, a representative of the Russian Defence Ministry
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LNG modules embark on 6,000 km winter odyssey to Murmansk
The Pugnax and Audax are making it through the thick sea-ice of the Northern Sea Route on their way from
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Wildfires, space & shipping – Arctic roundup 2023 with Mia Bennett
As we approach the year’s end, Eye on the Arctic is reflecting on the past 12 months in northern news.
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Construction of pipeline across the Yenisey under way in Arctic Russia
The 5,8 km long pipeline is key component of Vostok Oil, the biggest industrial project currently unfolding in the Russian
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Northern sea route in the Arctic: the last convoy before the big freeze
Research ship Grigory Mikheev has spent weeks in remote Arctic waters to prepare the ground for year-round shipping on the
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Three months after Moscow’s delivery law, crisis looms in Arctic
“Our region is on the verge of an emergency situation,” a woman from the far northern Nenets Autonomous region warns
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Newnew Polar Bear exits Arctic waters, sails into Pacific
The ship suspected of sabotage against underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea is sailing into the Pacific Ocean following its
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