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Sea ice blocking shipment of materials into Iqaluit, northeastern Canada

23 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments cargo, Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut, port, Shipment, ships

Large chunks of sea ice floating in Frobisher Bay are holding up the transport of construction materials into Iqaluit, in

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BUSINESS Business Countries Featured General Highlights Russia

Investors working to build coal terminal in Murmansk

15 February 201915 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, Lavna, Murmansk, port, rail, shipping

New investors join efforts in the projected Lavna coal terminal in Murmansk. The State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) has struck

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A picture taken on April 16, 2015 shows a general view of the port of Sabetta in the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2450 km of Moscow. The Yamal LNG (liquefied natural gas) project aiming to extract and liquefy gas from the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas field is scheduled to start production in 2017. Russia's Novatek holds a 60 percent stake in the venture. France's Total and China's CNPC hold 20 percent each. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

BUSINESS Business Countries Featured General Russia

Chinese mega-deals in Yamal LNG

2 May 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Banks, energy, Novatek, port, shipping

Novatek lands historic $12 billion credit deals with Chinese banks. Project operator Novatek in March made clear that «several big

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BUSINESS Business General POLITICS Politics USA

Bill aims to create Arctic port on Bering Sea coast

11 September 2014 APRN 0 Comments Alaska, Bering Sea, commerce, economy, port

A U.S. House subcommittee considered a bill Wednesday aimed at creating a deepwater dock at Point Spencer, a narrow curlicue

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