Tag: Northern Sea Route

Russia reported on Monday, December 25th, that emergency crews successfully extinguished a fire on the Sevmorput, a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo-icebreaker ship docked in Murmansk.

Rosatom has formed a joint venture with Dubai's DP World to develop container shipping through the Arctic, as part of the Russian Federation's ambitious plans for a Northern Sea Route.

Gazprom has shipped its first consignment of LNG to China through Russia's Arctic waters, duplicating the delivery route used by Russian natural gas producer Novatek. 

Recently, Russia has been actively engaged in identifying other pathways to circumvent its reliance on the Black Sea and evade the impact of sanctions. Consequently, Russia is increasingly shifting its focus towards the use of the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

According to Russian media reports, the bulk carrier Gingo has become the first capesize ship to sail the Northern Sea Route.

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

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.

Russia deployed the nuclear-powered cargo ship Sevmorput at the Northern Sea Route (NSR), to deliver containers to Vladivostok.

Heavylift operator, Red Box Energy Services announced a landmark transit along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), as it transfered the jack-up accommodation rig "Atlantic Amsterdam" from Denmark to Qingdao in China on its module carrier, Audax.