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First shipments of Yamal LNG set to head to market before October
Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of Total, one of the companies involved in Russia’s Yamal LNG…
Russian state-owned ships are now subject to Northern Sea Route general regulations
An amendment to Russia’s federal Merchant Shipping Code now subjects all state-owned vessels, including military vessels…
Arctic Economic Council will keep steady course under new leadership
In May, when Tero Vauraste, a Finn, takes over as chair of the Arctic…
Historic convoy trapped in ice near Arctic outpost
A historic convoy traveling along Russia’s Arctic coast to Pevek has become stranded by ice. Three…
Winter navigation on Northern Sea Route remains challenging
During the months of December and January the Northern Sea Route saw two convoys…
Arctic Economic Council has ‘made light-years of progress,’ says chair
As Tara Sweeney, chair of the Arctic Economic Council, prepares to hand the fledgling…
Push is on to get dirty heavy fuel oil out of Arctic shipping
A major Norwegian cruise ship operator has joined international environmental organizations in their call…
Putin’s Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall
MURMANSK — The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic…
The US military thinks it needs to bolster its presence in the Arctic — but that alone may not be enough to make it happen
WASHINGTON — An otherwise complete military strategy for the U.S. Arctic is on hold during…
World’s first icebreaking LNG tanker starts sea trials
The Christophe de Margerie, the first ever icebreaking LNG tanker has docked in Zeebrugge,…
