A total of 71 vessels passed, carrying in total 1,355,897 tons
The 2013 Navigation season on the NSR is coming to an end. Never before have so many vessels taken the Arctic short cut between Europe and Asia and never before has so much cargo been transported along the route.
Atotal of71 vessels passed via the Northern Sea Route in the 2013 navigation season, carrying in total 1,355,897 tons.
According to the NSR Information Office, final statistics figures for transit navigation on the NSR in 2013 are as follows:
| Cargo Type |
Number of Vessels |
Volume, t | Displacement,t | Cargo Volume Eastbound, t | Cargo Volume Westbound, t |
| Liquid | 31 | 911867 | 588659 | 323208 | |
| Bulk | 4 | 276939 | 203439 | 73500 | |
| LNG | 1 | 66868 | 66868 | ||
| General | 13 | 100223 | 36846 | 63377 | |
| Ballast | 15 | 469703 | |||
| Repositioning | 7 | 38027 | |||
| Total | 71 | 1355897 | 507730 | 895812 | 460085 |
