Tag: Arctic

Amid diminishing ice and growing international interest in the Arctic, the Northern Sea Route has emerged as a new strategic opportunity for maritime transport.

The EU’s Fit for 55 climate package provides an opportunity to tackle black carbon emissions from ships and deliver the EU’s Arctic Communication commitment to lower the carbon and environmental footprint of maritime transport, says Clean Arctic Alliance.

According to an infographic published by the Clean Arctic Alliance, the Arctic is warming 3 times faster than the rest of our planet.

2021 was the 7th warmest year on record for the Arctic, according to latest data provided by NOAA, with an accelerating shrinking sea ice enabling shipping and other commercial and industrial activities to push deeper into the Arctic.

FSUE Atomflot has signed a contract for a unified platform for digital services to make shipping via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) safer.

Russian warships entered the Barents Sea on January 27 to rehearse protecting a major shipping lane in the Arctic.

A bosun of the general cargo ship Tiksy died during an accident on board the ship in the morning of December 31.

In the latest IUMI Eye, Neil Roberts, member of IUMI's Policy Forum, provided an update on the 5th Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Conference.

The world’s first international search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in a remote polar zone recently took place.

After another year of climate impacts in the Arctic, scientists warned of a new scourge hitting the region, marine trash.