“Everyone reads the shipping labels,” she says ... Could one ask plenty of questions about the context of the voyage we’re welcomed to as the show begins — a luxury cruise to the Arctic Circle to see the last of the melting ice caps? Certainly.
The two companies also formed a joint venture in 2023 to develop container shipping through the Arctic, according to a Reuters report ... As the ice melts, a perilous Russian threat is emerging in the Arctic .
Domestic shipyards can only meet a fraction of the demand, and high borrowing costs are making Russia's tariffs uncompetitive. Western sanctions have further hampered progress, significantly reducing cargo flow targets ... .
Problems for the ship began at the beginning of September in Tromsø, Norway when it was discovered that the ship’s hull had cracked during an Arctic storm or possibly grounding leaving Russia after loading its cargo.
All these issues are hampering Russia’s Arctic ambitions just as “a whole range of countries are increasingly more interested in unimpeded transportation along the conduit,” Trutnev said.
These governmental measures are designed to guide ship operators on how to navigate sensitive areas, with a focus on minimising disruption to whales and ensuring safer shipping practices ... said Joe Kramek, CEO of the World Shipping Council.
Progress is certainly to be welcomed - after all, IMO has been discussing the Arctic impact of black carbon from ships since 2011... the impact of shipping’s black carbon emissions on the Arctic.
China’s Arctic ambitions continue unabated ... and other Western Arctic states ... China commercial interests in Arctic shipping also reached new highs this year with record-levels of crude oil deliveries and container shipping.
...LNG producer, which has been advancing its Arctic LNG 2 project despite Western sanctions that restrict access to necessary tankers for shipping LNG along the Northern Sea Route to Asian markets.
The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a near twice-weekly rate with as many as 111 missions possible ... 1 ... Named Fram2 in deference to the ship “Fram” built in Norway that helped explorers get to the Arctic and Antarctica.
It has continued that role – securing the maritime trade and shipping that powers our state, nation, and world ...Coast Guard Contends with Chinese and Russian Arctic Ambitions ... Together, they sailed into the Arctic Ocean near American waters.
The US sanctioned Russia’s new Arctic LNG 2 export plant last year, and then began slapping restrictions on ships that started picking up fuel from the plant from this August.
One interesting thing to me is the many ships that have sunk to the bottom of the oceans. I always wonder what is or was on those ships, I also think of the people aboard the ships of yesteryear and where they were sailing to.
Arctic Convoys by Richard Woodman... I saw a book about the Arctic convoys waiting to be sorted. My dad was on the Arctic convoys in the second world war, but he wouldn’t talk about it. I knew his ship was ...