arctic shipping
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Canada’s Arctic Fleet Expansion Needs More Funds, Watchdog Says
Canada will fail to deliver a proposed fleet of six to eight Arctic patrol ships unless it spends significantly more than the C$2.8 billion ($2.51 billion)
Northern Sea Route Transit Applications Hit Record High in 2014
The Northern Sea Route of the Northeast Passage saw a record number of applications for permits to sail the famed arctic route in 2014, while sea ice extent
Monday, October 27, 2014
High Arctic Costs Deter Business Despite Thaw
Despite high hopes for Arctic business from mining to shipping as the ice melts rapidly and temperatures rise twice as fast as the global average, few firms
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Canada Lacks ‘Long-Term Vision’ to Ensure Safety of Arctic Shipping
Canada will have trouble ensuring marine safety in the Arctic as climate change melts the sea ice and shipping increases, Parliament's environmental watchdog
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Gazprom Neft Delivers First Arctic Crude from Novy Port
Gazprom Neft announced today has made a summer shipment of oil from Novoportovskoye, its new crude oil terminal on the southeast coast of the Yamal Peninsula
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
VIDEO: Polar Class Cargo Ship Uses Drones to Scope Ice
Montreal-based shipping company Fednav claims to have recently become the first shipping company to employ aerial drones for ice reconnaissance on a commercial
Thursday, January 30, 2014
White House Releases Plan to Make Arctic Shipping Safer
As Arctic ice melts away, opening the way for greater oil development and mining, the White House outlined a plan on Thursday to promote safety and security in
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Northern Sea Route May Be Safer with Anglo-Russian Radio Navigation Initiative
The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative, under development to
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Canadian Icebreakers Are Key to Increased Shipping in the Arctic
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — When the Danish-owned Nordic Orion became the first bulk carrier to transit the Northwest Passage, it relied on an escort for part
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Insurance and Icebergs Still Present Huge Obstacles for Arctic Shipping
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Vitol Brings Asian Diesel to Europe via Arctic’s Northern Sea Route
The world's top oil trader Vitol has brought tankers with Asian diesel to Europe via the Arctic Ocean, a journey rarely used for oil, in yet another evidence
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Dynagas Delivers LNG Cargo to Japan via Northern Sea Route
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) — Japan is set to receive its second spot cargo of liquefied natural gas from Norway via the Northern Sea Route as the world’s
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Stena Bulk and Hyundai Glovis to Collaborate in Arctic Shipping
Stena Bulk and South Korean Hyundai Glovis, the Hyundai group’s shipping arm, have announced a plan to work together on a long term shipping strategy
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Port of Rotterdam Sees Arrival of First Commercial Ship via Northern Sea Route
A Chinese cargo ship has become the first commercial vessel to reach Rotterdam from Asia via the Northern Sea
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Tanker Damaged by Ice in Northern Sea Route, Remains Stuck
A tanker fully laden with diesel fuel has found out first hand that the Northern Sea Route is no place for taking
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Tschudi Shipping: The Northern Sea Route Should Not Be Ignored
Global warming is making the Arctic Ocean more accessible for navigation and providing the maritime industry with the means to avoid using lengthy transits to
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Arctic Shipping Code Seen In Place By 2016 – IMO
A code regulating shipping in the high Arctic, where maritime traffic is expected to increase as the ice cap recedes, is due to be implemented in
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Opportunity Ripe for Shipping Boom Along Arctic Northern Sea Route, Experts Say
Shipping along the Arctic northern sea route is set to grow more than 30-fold over the next eight years and could account for a quarter of the cargo traffic
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Arctic: An Emerging Maritime Frontier
Note: Since 1965, the Sea-Air-Space Exposition has brought together the U.S. sea services, private-sector companies and key military decision makers for an
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