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Northern Sea Route

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Significant progress in China-Russia talks on Arctic shipping:Kremlin

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2025 at 12:40
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“New logistical hubs are in the making,” Putin said after bilateral talks with Xi. “There is significant progress in issues

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U.S. regulator eyes Arctic shipping chokehold as key deadline approaches

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:54
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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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Russia sees scope for international investors in Arctic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 11:42
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2024 at 12:31
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 2, 2024 at 13:47
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2024 at 11:41
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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

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 13:17
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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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Business Business (Russia) 

Under the flag of Gabon tankers sail sanctioned Russian oil through Arctic ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2024 at 09:46
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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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Oil tanker Shturman Skuratov is shipping Russian Arctic oil for Gazprom Neft.
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Sea-ice lies thick on the water as Russian oil tanker sails Arctic route

Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2024 at 12:48
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 14:23
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 11:27
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 15:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 15:51
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:21
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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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Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

Northern sea route in the Arctic: the last convoy before the big freeze

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 14:10
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Three months after Moscow’s delivery law, crisis looms in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 10:44
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“Our region is on the verge of an emergency situation,” a woman from the far northern Nenets Autonomous region warns

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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