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Shipping traffic went down along the Northern Sea Route this year, after four years of increases. (Vladimir Chistyakov/Associated Press)

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Moscow pushing Arctic shipping towards disaster?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 11:32
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Russian authorities are green-lighting ships without ice-class on the Northern Sea Route. This month, it could have ended in catastrophe.

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Shadow fleet gas carriers make port calls at sanctioned Arctic terminals

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 13:32
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Several ‘shadow fleet’ tankers are loading liquefied natural gas at the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Gydan and at the Saam FSU

The northern port of Murmansk in Kol’skiy (Kola) peninsula on the Barents Sea has been excluded from the application of requirements of IMO's Polar Code. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)

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Oslo takes measures against Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 8, 2025 at 16:08
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The introduction of new control mechanisms come at the same time as a suspicious tanker has been criss-crossing outside Norway’s