Russia’s newest icebreaker is vital to the Northern Sea Route, says...
The 173-meter-long nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural arrived in Murmansk on Tuesday after a six-day voyage from the Baltic Yard in St. Petersburg. It moored at...
Putin’s top oilman praises Xi Jinping, invites China to invest in...
Russia desperately seeks to respond to the international sanctions imposed on its energy sector and increasingly looks to China for markets for its oil...
Putin touts Russia’s ‘Arctic power’ with launch of nuclear icebreakers
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday touted Russia's Arctic power at a flag-raising ceremony and dock launch for two nuclear-powered icebreakers...
As EU oil ban approaches, a Russian tanker tests Arctic route...
An oil tanker that normally shuttles between Lukoil’s far northern oil terminal of Varandey and Murmansk this week sailed into the Yellow Sea and...
Baffinland says focus now is on keeping Mary River mine open
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. isn’t saying if it will shut down its Mary River mine, following the federal government’s rejection of its expansion plans...
Canadian federal minister rejects Nunavut mine expansion
Federal Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal has rejected Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s plan to build a railroad and double its annual shipping output from...
One year after an Arctic shipping crisis, there is again early...
Late fall 2021 was dramatic for sailors and shipping companies operating in the Russian Arctic. An early and quick freeze of the remote waters...
China’s biggest heavy-lift carrier sails into Kola Bay
Locals in Murmansk are used to big ships and busy shipping. But the Xin Guang Hua probably attracted people’s attention as it sailed into...
A fresh shipment ends Sanikiluaq’s fuel shortage
A new shipment of fuel has arrived in Sanikiluaq.
Hudson Bay MLA Daniel Qavvik told Nunatsiaq News the shipment arrived Sunday. The community had been...
For isolated Russia, Arctic shipping lanes hold new allure
With export corridors under pressure, Russia should look towards the Northern Sea Route, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak says.
“With the new and unprecedented pressure...
