Northern Sea Route

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Fertilizer shipment presents opportunities for Russia’s Northern Sea Route

8 October 2019 11 h 44 min — 8 October 2019 11 h 47 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Acorn, China, Northern Sea Route, shipping, transport

The Arctic route opens new opportunities for our deliveries to Asia, says company Acron. It is the first ever shipment

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Shipping on Northern Sea Route up 40% this year

4 October 2019 14 h 31 min — 4 October 2019 15 h 47 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Cosco, energy, LNG, Northern Sea Route, shipping

Goods volumes are expected to reach 29 million tons in course of 2019, says leader of Russia’s Northern Sea Route

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LNG tankers making best of sea-ice low on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

3 October 2019 16 h 13 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, shipping

Almost half of the icebreaking carriers serving the Yamal LNG this week traverse the most difficult part of Russia’s Northern

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Shipping growing in Russia’s Arctic ports

23 September 2019 9 h 40 min — 23 September 2019 14 h 03 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, economy, energy, LNG, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, oil, ports, shipping

More Arctic shipping means more load for regional seaports. Practically all the major ports along Russia’s northern coast are experiencing

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Floating nuclear power plant near destination in Russian eastern Arctic

6 September 2019 12 h 33 min — 9 September 2019 10 h 39 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, floating nuclear power plant, Northern Sea Route, nuclear, nuclear power, Pevek

Final preparations in Pevek, the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation. The Akademik Lomonosov on the

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Putin, Modi work on Arctic cooperation during Russia meeting

4 September 2019 12 h 27 min — 6 September 2019 10 h 37 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, India, LNG, Narendra Modi, Northern Sea Route, Novatek

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s visit to the Russian far east this week included focus on Arctic LNG, the Northern

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Companies building Russia’s Arctic mega-projects expect major tax breaks: reports

29 August 2019 11 h 20 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, oil, pipelines, Rosneft

Natural gas company Novatek gets 40 billion rubles tax deductions for the building of a grand port terminal in the

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No ice left on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

28 August 2019 10 h 57 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Arctic drilling, energy, LNG, Northern Sea Route, NSIDC), sea ice, shipping

But the number of ships that set course for the Arctic route still remains low. The Arctic shortcut that connects

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Russia cancels Norwegian cruise ship’s Arctic expeditions

20 August 2019 12 h 27 min — 8 October 2019 15 h 04 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cruise ships, cruises, defence, Franz Josef Land, Hurtigruten, military, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, tourism

The two high-profile voyages had been planned for years with prestigious support from regional authorities in Murmansk. 250 passengers will

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Luxury cruise ship leaves Alaska toward Northern Sea Route

15 August 2019 15 h 58 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alaska, cruise ships, cruises, Nome, Northern Sea Route, tourism, tromso

The Silver Explorer gets escort by a Russian icebreaker as it launches its ice edge cruising through Russian Arctic waters.

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant worries Alaskans

9 August 2019 15 h 51 min — 9 August 2019 15 h 56 min Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, Alaska, energy, floating nuclear power plant, Northern Sea Route, nuclear, Pevek, radiation

Russia has produced the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. A barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to begin

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 2019 10 h 03 min — 8 August 2019 10 h 05 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments

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Russia, China to do joint research in Arctic Siberia

7 August 2019 15 h 28 min — 7 August 2019 15 h 30 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments China-Russia Arctic Research Center, Northern Sea Route, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), shipping

Chinese and Russian scientists part of the China-Russia Arctic Research Center have announced their first joint project together will be

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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra

7 August 2019 10 h 46 min — 7 August 2019 10 h 52 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, mining, national parks, Northern Sea Route, shipping, Taymyr peninsula, VostokCoal

Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still

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Russian grains to reach Japan via Northern Sea Route

31 July 2019 16 h 29 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments food, Irtysh River, Japan, Northern Sea Route, Omsk, Sabetta, shipping, Siberia

It could open a new window to Asia, a regional governor in Siberia argues. The region of Omsk in 2018

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