Brand new bulk carrier brings North Canadian ore to China via Arctic route
Ice-class carrier Nordic Nuluujaak makes its first voyage on the Northern Sea Route as sea-ice quickly accumulates on the far
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Northern Sea Route
Shipping on Northern Sea Route on course for 35 million tons in 2021
There is considerable growth in shipments on Russia’s remote Arctic route, but shippers will have to boost deliveries by more
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Nuclear-powered gold mine coming to Russia’s Arctic Coast
The Kyuchus field will be one of Russia’s biggest gold mining projects. Its development includes the building of a nuclear
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Arctic sea-ice reaches this year’s low, but shippers still snub Northern Sea Route
After Russia’s warmest-ever summer, the Northern Sea Route is almost ice-free. But only few shipmasters set course for the Arctic
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Potential Canadian Northern Corridor would present unique security challenges and opportunities, say researchers
A potential Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC) would present important economic advantages for Canada, but could also present security challenges, says
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Big oil, gas and coal making headway on Russian Arctic coast
Hundreds of ships loaded with construction materials shuttle to the sites of new nonrenewable energy projects. Over the past year,
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Chinese icebreaker sails to North Pole, explores remote Arctic ridge
The Xue Long 2 (Snow Dragon 2) is on its second Arctic voyage during which it will conduct scientific surveys
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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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Production of Arctic fiber-optic cable starts in Murmansk
Six pairs of fiber-optic cables with a bandwidth of up to 104 Tb/s will be laid on the seafloor along
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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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Climate change finds a place in Russia’s new National Security Strategy
But Moscow warns against foreign attempts to politicise global warming and stagger Russian developments in the Arctic. The document that was signed
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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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Putin voices concern about melting permafrost, but doubts it’s caused by humans
The Russian president underlines that melting ground in the Arctic could have devastating effects on his country. But he remains
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Putin, Biden talk Northern Sea Route
The situation in the Arctic was discussed “pretty comprehensively” in the US-Russia top meeting in Geneva. “Yes, this issue was
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