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Finland expects to operate at least as many icebreakers in the coming decades as it does today, despite rising temperatures and declining average ice coverage

A Finnish court on Thursday jailed the Russian captain and an Azerbaijani crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg for aggravated sabotage over damage to two

Maritime experts warn that the westward spread of attacks between Russia and Ukraine, toward NATO coastlines, is now having commercial

Norway has detained a Chinese-owned heavy-lift vessel sanctioned for its role in delivering equipment to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project, in what appears to be

German startup Stark Defence plans to launch a 24-meter uncrewed surface vessel next year, marking an expansion beyond small drones to more closely resemble an

After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said it would deploy maritime patrol

A Greek container ship has sunk after being hit by naval drones off Bulgaria on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government said, in the latest of a series of strikes

Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, has turned to an Arctic World War II shipping route to export grain for the first time as the conflict in

Russia expects to begin regular year-round eastbound shipping along the Northern Sea Route in early 2027, as additional nuclear icebreaker capacity, newer

Sea drones struck a container ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast on Wednesday, the ship's owner and the government said, the latest in a string of attacks

Russia expects cargo transits along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to more than double in 2026, marking a substantial increase in Arctic shipping despite Western

Russia shipped the least crude in more than a month, even as operations at its key Baltic port recovered strongly from an earlier

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is warning major banks and port authorities against facilitating Russian diesel shipments under President Donald

BUCHAREST, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Romanian President Nicusor Dan accused Russia of escalating its attacks on NATO’s eastern flank on Friday, after a

MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Latvia, a member of the European Union and NATO, has emerged as one of the top five countries used to

Editor’s Note — October 28, 2026 gCaptain has retracted its article, “Rare Russian Diesel Shipment Expected to Arrive in Norfolk on November

Along Russia’s remote Arctic coast last month, Igor Sechin stood beside a waiting tanker in the freezing cold with a message for Vladimir Putin: After years

A tanker loaded with Russian diesel will sail for the US on Thursday as Moscow starts to implement a fuel supply deal struck by Vladimir Putin and Donald

Russia's oil exports through its Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2026 have already exceeded last year's by nearly 50%, with some 20 million barrels shipped to

The number of commercial transit voyages through Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) had already surpassed the full-year 2025 total by the end of September,