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As Russia turns towards Asia, this year's first vessel heads east on Northern Sea Route -
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Sea-ice still lies thick on the water as the powerful ... one of the most troublesome parts of the remote Arctic sea route. Currents are strong and passage requires icebreaker ... makes its way into the most remote and icy waters of the Northern Sea Route, the maritime passage that stretches from ...
2022/06/17 - 16:31
One year after the crisis, there is again early ice on Northern Sea Route -
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... By early November, more than 20 vessels were stuck in sea-ice . Among them were at least two oil tankers and ... The situation was not resolved until late December when Northern Sea Route operator Rosatom commissioned more icebreakers to the ...
2022/11/15 - 14:23
Russia's grand Arctic plan might get stuck in the ice -
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Russia intends to start year-round transit shipments on the Northern Sea Route already in 2024 and that same year reach at least 80 ...
2022/01/17 - 18:07
Russian parliament passes law limiting freedom of navigation along Northern Sea Route -
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... Russia claim absolute control of all navigation along the Northern Sea Route, or will the freedom of navigation act under the U.N. ...
2022/12/01 - 12:09
After two months in the ice, a nuclear-powered convoy breaks its way towards open waters -
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In late December, the Arktika sailed into the thick sea-ice of the Laptev Sea, and from there several thousand ... thousand kilometre long escort operation across the Northern Sea Route. The “Arktika”. Photo: Rosatom “This is a ...
2022/02/15 - 14:09
Russia's nuclear powered container ship is sailing into thick ice -
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... week sailed thought the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea. A thick layer of sea-ice covers the remote waters that mark the eastern end of the Northern Sea Route. It is a rough voyage, even for a ship that is designed ...
2022/01/26 - 14:15
Two aging oil tankers are breaking their way through Arctic sea-ice -
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... sheet that still covers major parts of the Arctic shipping route. Tanker “Ice Eagle” escorted by nuclear icebreaker “Sibir” through East Siberian Sea. Screenshot from ship tracking service Help is on the ... oil tankers are among the first ships that sail across the Northern Sea Route this year. So far, only LNG carrier ...
2022/07/10 - 09:46
A 12,000 ton heavy gas plant module makes it through the ice from China to Murmansk -
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... and was subsequently assisted into the ice of the Chukchi Sea. Conditions in the area were extreme with sea-ice ... two meters. The “Audax” is escorted through the northern Kara Sea by two nuclear icebreakers. Photo: Rosatom ... of its kind ever transported across the Northern Sea Route in mid-winter. Despite the long and icy voyage, Novatek ...
2022/02/21 - 13:59
Chinese shippers shun Russian Arctic waters -
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The far northern shipping route that stretches along Russia’s Arctic coast is almost ... the Pacific with European Russia. But the vanishing sea-ice notwithstanding, there will this year hardly be any ...
2022/08/22 - 16:58
"Sibir" sails maiden voyage around Scandinavia -
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... new class of powerful icebreakers tasked to keep the Northern Sea Route open for year-round shipping. She left port at the ...
2022/01/13 - 13:40
World's most powerful icebreaker makes maiden voyage across Arctic route -
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... the brand new Arktika sails across the eastern part of the Northern Sea Route. But it has not been an easy voyage for the potent ...
2022/01/03 - 18:21
Corvette sailed north via inner waterways and launched Kalibr cruise missile -
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... based in Kaliningrad, that sailed north to the White Sea, from where a Kalibr cruise missile was launched towards ... to protect the Barents Sea, Arctic archipelagos and the Northern Sea Route. A Granit cruise missile was launched from the ...
2022/08/24 - 14:43
Isolated Russia seeks way out through Arctic waters -
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... economy from Western countries, the significance of the Northern Sea Route as a marine transport artery […] is manyfold ...
2022/10/26 - 16:12
As EU oil ban approaches, a Russian tanker tests Arctic route to China -
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The tanker that normally shuttles between Lukoil’s far northern oil terminal of Varandey and Murmansk this week sailed into the Yellow Sea and made port call in the town of Rizhao. It has been an ... to Asian countries, and he argues that the Northern Sea Route will be crucial for logistics. “With the new and ...
2022/11/17 - 12:59
Major disaster averted in icy Kara Sea after two oil barges ran aground -
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... of kerosene (paraffin). Both barges were towed by the same sea tug, the “ Pak “ operated by Lena River United ... a sudden freeze-up and quickly accumulating sea-ice on the Northern Sea Route, including the Kara Sea. Vaygach, where the two oil ...
2022/01/23 - 11:41
Northern Fleet stages war games to protect Arctic shipping -
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Several of the Northern Fleet’s large warships sailed out from Severomorsk ... the navy said, is to protect shipping along the Northern Sea Route. One of the warning areas pre-announced is in ...
2022/01/26 - 13:48
Putin instructs government to get new Barents Sea rail link back on track -
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... up plans for a brand new rail link to the ice-free Barents Sea in the Russian Arctic. The short order posted on the ... to “submit proposals for the creation of a railway route to the Barents Sea in the area of the bay of the Indiga ... give a boost to the 80 million tons cargo target for the Northern Sea Route set by Vladimir Putin in 2018 . The ...
2022/01/17 - 06:47
Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise -
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More than 10 warships and submarines are at sea, including “ Pyotr Velikye ”, the Northern Fleet’s large nuclear-powered battle cruiser, the ... aimed at ensuring access and control over the Northern Sea Route. Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya are both ...
2022/08/18 - 08:07
Sanctioned Belarusian fertilisers to be exported from Murmansk -
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... the City of Murmansk as a logistics hub and base for the Northern Sea Route,” Chibis added in a comment . A governor visiting ...
2022/09/08 - 16:41
No foreign vessels in sight, but shipping on Northern Sea Route still vibrant, Russian authorities say -
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Moscow has for years promoted the Northern Sea Route as a prospective trade corridor between Europe and ...
2022/12/21 - 12:16