arctic shipping

Four ice-strengthened newbuild LNG carriers have been reflagged to the Russian Federation along with name changes. The vessels are part of Russia’s emerging

Russia’s newest icebreaking patrol vessel, the 8,500-tonne Ivan Papanin, has completed the first series of ice trials in the Arctic Ocean. The 114 meter-long

Russia’s Arctic oil exports to China are set to rise sharply this month buoyed by a jump in ship-to-ship transfers at sea to ensure tankers pulling into port

After more than nine months at sea sanctioned LNG carrier East Energy (formerly Asya Energy) has pulled into a Zhoushan-based shipyard, likely to undergo

Russia has apparently turned the lights back on at its sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant. Images taken by the European Sentinel 2 satellite reveal flaring at both

Just days after the EU banned the transshipment of Russian liquefied natural gas, Russia deployed four LNG carriers for an unusual double ship-to-ship transfer

The Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker Alexey Kosygin, launched late last year, has yet to complete sea and mooring trials. For much of winter the vessel has been

South Korea’s next-generation icebreaker is back on track. The country joins several other nations, including the U.S., Canada, Russia, China, and Germany

More than three years into the Ukraine War the EU has finally slammed the door shut to the transfer of Russian LNG across its terminals. Ukrainian officials

Russia plans to significantly increase and modernize the firepower of its Arctic-based submarine fleet. Before the end of the decade three additional

Syria has received another 100,000 tons of Arctic crude following last week’s initial Russian delivery. The 106,061-dwt Aframax tanker Sakina offloaded at

The U.S. Coast Guard’s new icebreaker Storis appears on track for its first Arctic patrol during the summer of 2025. The vessel is currently undergoing

Chinese box carrier NewNew Shipping Line has announced the expansion of its Arctic service for 2025. At the first-ever Russian-Chinese logistics conference

Two tankers hit by U.S. sanctions are due to offload Russian Arctic Oil in Syria for the first time, days after Moscow made its first known delivery of diesel

Russia’s first home-built Arc6 ice-class oil tanker continues its voyage from the Zvezda shipyard in the Far East to its service area in the Arctic. After a

Greenland residents vote on Tuesday in a closely watched election brought into the international spotlight by a pledge from U.S. President Donald Trump to take

Russia’s Arctic port of Arkhangelsk has developed into a key hub for containerized cargo. Last year the terminal saw ten export-import voyages by Chinese

Russia continues to use the Arctic as an expanding transport corridor for its hydrocarbon resources. Last year it carried 21.86 million tonnes of liquefied

US and Russian officials have identified the Arctic as a possible area for economic cooperation, according to people familiar with the situation, part of the

As Western attention remains focused on Russia’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas shadow fleet, a third type of fuel, gas condensate, continues to flow