Arctic Shipping

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – In a risky move aimed at overcoming Western sanctions Russian LNG producer Novatek dispatched the non-ice class LNG carrier

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Just days after sanctioning seven LNG carriers associated with Russia’s flagship liquefied gas project, Arctic LNG 2, the

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Three weeks after U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy returned back to homeport in Seattle following an onboard fire, the vessel

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Hong Kong-flagged and owned container ship NewNew Star has become the largest non-ice class box ship to travel across the

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report highlighting significant challenges faced by the U.S. Coast Guard in its Arctic

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A week after the Republic of Palau, an island country in the Western Pacific, temporarily suspended the flag of three LNG

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia added the next piece to its game of ‘shadow fleet’ chess. Recently sanctioned carrier Everest Energy, carrying a

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Crude oil shipments via the Arctic look set to reach a new highpoint in the coming weeks. The largest oil tanker to venture

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