Latest News for: Arctic shipping

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Why Ushe Vance's Greenland adventure got derailed by a dogsled race across ice and snow

Usatoday 27 Mar 2025
Straddling the Arctic ... an expanded claim on undiscovered Arctic oil and natural resources, and enable it to exert more dominance over Arctic shipping lanes used by Russia and China ... Arctic Research.
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Russia Keen for Investors to Develop Arctic Region

MarineLink 26 Mar 2025
Focus on the strategic importance of the Arctic for mining, shipping and international security has increased sharply because of repeated statements by U.S.
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As global warming grows, Trump sees Greenland & the Arctic as realms of great power rivalry: Klaus Dodds

The Times of India 26 Mar 2025
... its rare earth minerals, hemispheric security, and Arctic shipping routes.
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As global warming grows, Trump sees Greenland & the Arctic as realms of great power ...

The Economic Times 26 Mar 2025
... its rare earth minerals, hemispheric security, and Arctic shipping routes.
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Trump doubles down on efforts to control Greenland, citing economic and security importance

Cryptopolitan 26 Mar 2025
Washington officials continue to emphasize the strategic and economic importance of the Arctic, citing missile defense and possible future shipping routes as factors in their interest ... Arctic Circle.
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The Atlantic Council highlights Suez Canal security as crucial

SAFETY4SEA 26 Mar 2025
Averages fifty to sixty ships transiting the canal daily, carrying an estimated $3 billion to $9 billion in cargo value ... Environmental impact of shipping detours ... However, Arctic routes are not yet commercially viable for mainstream shipping.
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Growing China-Russia-Iran-North Korea cooperation poses multi-front threat to US: Report

Beijing News 26 Mar 2025
Yet, it predicts continued collaboration, especially in the Arctic, where China leverages Russia to build icebreaker ships and secure economic footholds.
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Putin’s endgame

New Statesman 26 Mar 2025
... of Ukraine, where Putin has proposed joint exploration projects with US companies, a deal to work together on aluminium production in Siberia and perhaps even cooperation on Arctic shipping routes.
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Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed

Grist 26 Mar 2025
He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi, and his arms were tired ... From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea,” aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in Long Beach, California, in 2023. Patrick T ... Bates / Grist ... .
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Why does President Donald Trump want Greenland? Here’s what to know.

Chicago Tribune 25 Mar 2025
Russia and China are already cooperating on Arctic shipping routes, and with Russia’s extensive presence in the region — it has the largest area of Arctic coastline — that partnership threatens to remain the dominant economic force in the area.
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Why Climate Change Is Making Greenland More Desirable to Trump

Time Magazine 25 Mar 2025
“And so as the Arctic Ocean has less ... China and Russia launched a joint shipping corridor along the Arctic Sea in 2023—that year alone, 80 voyages reached Chinese ports through the route.
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Norway’s arms supplies to Ukraine could have grave outcome

Blitz 25 Mar 2025
As I wrote before, with the accession of Sweden and Finland, NATO’s territorial reach has been extended all the way to the eastern flank of the Russian Arctic (the Bering strait), thus making Russia the only non-NATO member state in the Arctic.
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Russian Crude Flows Hit Five-Month High While Peace Talks Drag

gCaptain 25 Mar 2025
The volume was down sharply from a revised 24.88 million barrels on 33 ships the previous week ... Three more are on their way, according to signals from the ships soon after leaving the Arctic port of Murmansk and shipping information seen by Bloomberg.
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Chinese NewNew Shipping Line To Expand Arctic Container Service After Profitable 2024 Operation

gCaptain 24 Mar 2025
During last year’s breakout Arctic shipping season the company completed thirteen voyages between Shanghai and Arkhangelsk carrying more than 20,000 TEU ... A second Arctic container shipping operator, EZ ...
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Greenland PM condemns US ‘aggressive pressure’ over planned visit by Trump officials

Blitz 24 Mar 2025
Given the growing strategic rivalry between the US, Russia, and China over Arctic resources and shipping routes, many European leaders are wary of directly confronting American interests in the region.
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