BUSINESS Record-size Container Ship Sets Course for Arctic via Norwegian Coastline Sep 09 2024 - 14:48 A massive container ship the length of three football fields traveled up the…
BUSINESS Safety Takes a Backseat as Russia’s LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ Operates in Arctic Without Permits Sep 03 2024 - 11:15 As Russia continues to expand its liquefied natural gas shadow fleet to bypass…
Business Northern Sea Route Saw Seven Containership Voyages in 2023, Including Controversial Chinese Container Ship Dec 21 2023 - 09:00 Northern Sea Route shipping activity during the summer of 2023 included the first…
Business New Lifecycle Assessment for Greenhouse Gases from LNG Spells Bad News for Emissions from Arctic Projects Dec 05 2023 - 09:09 Liquefied natural gas may not be as clean as previously thought, a new study finds…
Business Polar Code May Need Updating as Arctic Shipping Increases New Study Concludes Sep 26 2023 - 09:12 With more ships venturing across the Arctic Polar Code rules may have to be expanded…
Business Russia Sends Oil Tanker Without Ice Protection Through Arctic For First Time Sep 12 2023 - 09:35 In a sign of things to come Russia has sent the first non-ice class Aframax oil…
Business Chinese Container Ship Transits Arctic, More Oil Tankers and Massive Bulk Carrier Also En Route Aug 21 2023 - 07:36 Last week the Northern Sea Route saw a container ship similar in size to the Venta…
Politics Dangerous Waters: Ukraine War Could Divert Oil Shipments from Black Sea to Arctic Ocean Aug 15 2023 - 16:35 A looming tanker war in the Black Sea as part of the larger Ukraine conflict could…
BUSINESS Russian Oil Shipments Via Arctic Accelerate With Four More Tankers Now En Route to China Aug 10 2023 - 13:39 Transit traffic on Russia’s Northern Sea Route could reach all-time highs this summer…
BUSINESS Northern Sea Route Sees Lots of Russian Traffic, But No International Transits in 2022 Jun 14 2023 - 11:10 A new report on the Northern Sea Route shows stable traffic originating from the…
BUSINESS Lacking Own Satellite Coverage Russia Is Looking to China For Northern Sea Route Data Mar 30 2023 - 17:05 Russian officials announced a host of new initiatives related to boosting traffic on…
BUSINESS Unusually Thick Sea Ice to Make for Challenging Shipping on Northern Sea Route This Summer Mar 08 2023 - 13:59 Unusual amounts of multiyear ice in the Laptev and Siberian Sea could lead to…
BUSINESS Impact of New EU Sanctions Targeting Russian Nuclear Icebreakers Will Be Limited Mar 07 2023 - 15:17 New EU sanctions target Atomflot, the operator of Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet…
BUSINESS Russia Launches New Nuclear Icebreaker as it Looks East for Northern Sea Route Shipping Nov 23 2022 - 10:04 Russia raised the flag on the newly completed nuclear icebreaker "Ural" while…