World’s first icebreaking LNG tanker starts sea trials
The Christophe de Margerie, the first ever icebreaking LNG tanker has docked in Zeebrugge, Belgium, where it is to undergo testing ahead of its...
Researchers from Northern Norway and South Korea join efforts on the...
How realistic is it to envision commercial traffic through the Northern Sea Route?
A soon to be published book based on research from Norway and...
Russian Arctic ports have best year ever
Figures from the Russian Association of Sea Ports show that the main ports in the Russian north in 2016 had a more than 40...
Russia’s new Arctic port sees fivefold surge in goods
According to customs authorities in the Yamal-Nenets region the value of the goods customs-declared at Sabetta in 2016 had a fivefold increase from the...
Record-beating Arctic convoy almost stuck in ice
Icebreakers have escorted cargo vessels from Russia's western Arctic to the eastern Arctic port of Pevek, the first time that's happened at this time...
Federal water bill requires a fresh look at an Arctic port...
A small clause in the nation's most recent water resources and funding bill could breathe new life into plans for a large vessel port...
For the first time, a cargo ship carries heavy construction modules...
A ship owned by ZPMC Red Box Energy Services, a Netherlands-based marine-transport services provider, has become the first cargo vessel to sail heavy construction...
As Polar Code takes effect, a mixture of confidence and concern
The first thing that almost anyone familiar with the Polar Code, a set of shipping regulations due to come into force on Jan. 1,...
China starts construction of new icebreaker
Shipyard Jiangnan confirms that it has officially started the construction of the vessel, and that it is planned to be ready for sailing in...
Canada needs stricter grey water release rules for Arctic ships: WWF
The International Maritime Organization’s Polar Code, with strict new environmental rules for ships operating in the Arctic and Antarctic seas, comes into effect Jan....
