Major industry actor speaks out against the Northern Sea Route
MSC has reaffirmed its commitment to not using the Northern Sea Route as a shipping lane, a stance that is recommended for the entire shipping industry.
Read moreMSC has reaffirmed its commitment to not using the Northern Sea Route as a shipping lane, a stance that is recommended for the entire shipping industry.
Read moreAccording to Kpler, in a milestone for Arctic shipping this year, the Eduard Toll Arc-7 ice-breaking LNG tanker has successfully transported its cargo from the Yamal LNG plant in Russia to China’s Fujian terminal via the Northern Sea Route (NSR).
Read moreJuly 1st, 2024, is quite a day for shipping in the Arctic, as from this day forth, vessels transiting Arctic waters are banned from transferring heavy fuel oil (HFO). While this is inarguably a huge step, some argue that it is not nearly enough.
Read moreCarrying a maximum of 38,000 tons of oil, the 245-meter-long tanker Shturman Skuratov undertakes the inaugural transit shipment of the year along the Northern Sea Route.
Read moreAccording to West of England Club, starting from July 1, 2024, new regulations under MARPOL Annex 1 will impose strict restrictions on the use and carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) in Arctic waters.
Read moreThe Norwegian authorities have imposed significant fines on an Irish cargo ship, the "Arklow Wind," for violating environmental regulations while visiting Svalbard in the Arctic.
Read moreAs a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) gets underway, the Clean Arctic Alliance urged IMO member states to agree to creation of new areas in the Arctic which will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping.
Read moreSeaspan Shipyards has awarded ABB a contract to deliver an integrated propulsion system for the first of the CCG’s new-generation polar class icebreakers.
Read moreIn a recent open letter to the Arctic Council, Bellona and the Alliance requested that a concrete zero-emissions policy be established for Arctic shipping, and that all Arctic nations implement the IMO resolution that urges the use of distillate or cleaner alternative fuels in or near the Arctic on a voluntary basis.
Read moreThe Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) has issued its Arctic Shipping Status Report – Flag States of Ships in the Arctic: 2022, which analyzes the number of ships operating in the by their Flag State.
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