Arctic Shipping

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As part of a sweeping sanctions package announced on Friday the U.S. State Department targets around one percent of the global

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The bad news for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter program keeps on coming. A new Congressional Budget Office

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Two Chinese container ships have set course for the Arctic. The vessels intend to use Russia’s Northern Sea Route as a

Swiss shipping giant MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is reaffirming its commitment to refrain from sending its ships through the Arctic, as discussions

MOSCOW, July 23 (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia’s cooperation with China in the Arctic was not aimed against any other

By Danielle Bochove (Bloomberg) — The US will expand its military readiness and surveillance in the Arctic given heightened Chinese and Russian interest

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – This year’s Arctic summer shipping season is off to a busy start. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Carrier Eduard Toll

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – Ships sailing through Arctic waters will no longer be able to use or carry heavy bunker fuel oil under a United Nations

BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) – A Chinese radio station on Monday started broadcasts on Arctic sea ice conditions off Russia’s coast for

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Signs of a Russian effort to ready an Arctic LNG “dark fleet” continue to mount.  An increasing number of

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As Arctic sea ice retreats for the summer months Russia’s Northern Sea Route is again open for business. Days after oil

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia looks set to continue using the Arctic Ocean as a shortcut to deliver crude oil to Asia.  Even before the

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia continues to push ahead with plans to develop its Northern Sea Route into a year-round Arctic maritime shortcut. 

ST PETERSBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese shipping company

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The waters of Russia’s Northern Sea Route – a seasonal shortcut between Europe and Asia – look set to welcome

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s main Arctic shipping route is slated to see its first Panamax container vessel this year. The 4,890-TEU box

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has approved the establishment of two new Emission Control Areas (ECAs)

In an effort to pave the way for year-round transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the Northern Sea Route, the Russian government eased the requirements

Russian natural gas company Novatek takes a key step toward beginning shipments from its Arctic LNG 2 project.  Ship registry records suggest that

A new 10-year report by the Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) highlights a substantial increase in