Russia’s Novatek says it found shipping partner for reloading Arctic LNG in Norway
According to the Russian natural gas producer, Norway’s Tschudi Shipping Company will handle millions of tons of LNG from Yamal
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Greenland joins push to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Environmental and northern Indigenous communities are welcoming the decision by Greenland to push for a ban on the use of
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Venta Maersk container ship successfully breaks through ice on Northern Sea Route
With a speed of 11 knots the Venta Maersk sailed through the most difficult part of the Northern Sea Route,
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Traffic on Northern Sea Route surging 80 %, says Russia
A total of 9,95 million tons of goods have so far this year been shipped to and from ports on
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Canada’s transportation safety board to investigate passenger ship grounding in Arctic
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent a team of investigators to the Arctic to investigate last week’s
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Norwegian supply ships support drilling activities in Russian Arctic
The drilling of two wells in remote Arctic waters is basis for an international meeting of oilmen. When the Chinese
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Struggling with evolution of Arctic freight, Soviet-era shipping company now near bankruptcy
Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, a subsidiary of oil company Gazprom Neft, files a bankruptcy petition against the once very powerful regional
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LNG exports from Russian Arctic rely on European ports despite Northern Sea Route
Despite opening of the Northern Sea Route, large amount of Russian Arctic LNG is still reloaded in European ports on
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Ex-Atomflot director to head Russia’s new Northern Sea Route Directorate
Vyacheslav Ruksha, the strongman from Murmansk, gets key position in developing Russia’s Arctic infrastructure. Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, appoints its
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Blog – Walking around Murmansk under the midnight sun
Last week, I recounted my overland journey with thirty-some colleagues from Kirkenes, Norway to Murmansk, Russia. The five-hour road trip
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Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels?
As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals,
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Powerful LNG tankers head for China through thick Arctic ice
Two powerful tankers are on their way from Sabetta in this year’s first eastbound voyages through the Northern Sea Route.
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Densely-packed ice makes navigation difficult in Russian Arctic
At this time of year, there has never before been such a complicated ice condition around Russia’s offshore Arctic oil
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Russia’s Novatek turns to Norway to ease Arctic LNG exports
The Russian natural gas company is squeezed over its Yamal LNG exports. The solution could lie in Norwegian Arctic fjords.
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In late June, tankers still getting trapped in Russia’s Arctic ice
Shipping in the Gulf of Ob (Russian Arctic) is paralysed and the situation complicated, icebreaker company Rosatomflot says. It is
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