U.S. regulator eyes Arctic shipping chokehold as key deadline approaches
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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Ship suspected of sabotage is detained by Norwegian Coast Guard
This story is being updated The Silver Dania was on its way from St.Petersburg to Murmansk when it was halted by Coast
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Polar maritime seminar focuses on ensuring Arctic, Antarctic shipping safety
Voyage planning, pollution control, and underwater noise reduction were among the key topics discussed at the 2025 Polar Maritime Seminar,
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Shipping on Northern Sea Route lags far behind plans
For years, Vladimir Putin has insisted that annual shipments on the far northern route should reach 80 million tons by
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Beijing and Moscow tune in for more Arctic shipping
Only few days after a Chinese bulk carrier destroyed two cables in the Baltic Sea in what appears as an
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UK targets oil tankers in bid to strike Kremlin’s war machine
Several of the 30 tankers that this week were added to London’s sanction list have shipped Russian oil across the
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Construction begins on a “new flagship of Russian polar research”
By Elizaveta Vereykina On 29 October, an official ceremony was held at the Admiralty shipyards in St Petersburg to start the
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Chinese heavy lift ship without ice-class battles on freezing Arctic route
Sea-ice is quickly expanding across the region as 154 meter long carrier Ocean 28 makes it across the Northern Sea
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N.W.T. gov’t to help cover shipping costs to communities after barge cancellations
By Francis Tessier-Burns Ongoing issues show why Mackenzie Valley Highway is needed, says minister The N.W.T. government has introduced a
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Chinese icebreaker makes port call in Murmansk
By Liam Baker, Paul Tukker · The Russian Arctic region actively seeks to strengthen ties with Beijing. This week, a Chinese icebreaker
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Sister ships of NewNew Polar Bear headed for Europe
Authorities in Beijing admit that the container carrier in 2023 damaged the Balticconnector pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. At
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Dense sea ice in the High Arctic could threaten shipping
By Elizaveta Vereykina There are major volumes of sea-ice in Russian east Arctic waters and oil tankers could have difficulty
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Canadian Coast Guard launches summer operations in Arctic
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has launched its summer operations in the North, deploying seven vessels to the Arctic for
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Heavy fuel oil ban comes into effect in the Arctic, with a big exemption
By Samuel Wat · CBC News Ships from several ship operators in the region will be exempt for another 5 years Opponents
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The U.S. was supposed to get new heavy icebreaker this year, instead costs soar
The Coast Guard’s plan to build three heavy icebreakers is five years behind schedule and the price has ballooned to
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