arctic shipping

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

Montreal-based shipping company Fednav claims to have recently become the first shipping company to employ aerial drones for ice reconnaissance on a commercial

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

The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative, under development to

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

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.

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

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

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

A Chinese cargo ship has become the first commercial vessel to reach Rotterdam from Asia via the Northern Sea

A tanker fully laden with diesel fuel has found out first hand that the Northern Sea Route is no place for taking

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

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

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

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

By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The quickest way to get goods from Asia to the U.S. East Coast in 2050 might well

(Bloomberg) — OAO Novatek, Russia’s largest non- state gas producer, may require $5.6 billion worth of liquefied natural gas tankers to transport

Tromsø, Norway – The world is responding to the opportunities of a “new ocean” as Arctic sea ice changes and global shipping increases the

The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is shrinking at a record pace this year after higher-than-average temperatures hastened the annual break-up of the sea ice.

By Ensign Joseph P. Walter, US Navy For years now there has been talk about how the Arctic is heating up—both in the physical sense and in terms of