EU wants ban on heavy fuel in Arctic
In a resolution adopted on Tuesday by 111 votes to 8, with 1 abstention, Members of the European Parliament’s Committees on Foreign Affairs and...
Push is on to get dirty heavy fuel oil out of...
A major Norwegian cruise ship operator has joined international environmental organizations in their call for a ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping.
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Two new Arctic emergency centers to open along Northern Sea Route
Russia announced plans to open two additional emergency rescue centers along the Northern Sea Route. The new centers will be located in Pevek and...
Greenland shipper won’t be allowed out of Danish port contract early
Royal Arctic Line, a Greenlandic ocean-going shipper, will not be given permission to break its contract with the Port of Aalborg, Denmark, early, port...
Tiksi infrastructure developments will help link shipping between Lena River, Arctic...
As part of the Russian federal government’s development of so-called support zones along the nation's Arctic coast, a preliminary sum of five billion rubles (about...
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...
