Arctic Shipping

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Peak Oil Review: 18 March 2019

Resilience 18 Mar 2019

Moscow has identified opportunities when it comes to the changing climate and the gradually decreasing icecap of the Arctic region. Moscow’s Arctic Strategy is intended to provide an edge for the Eurasian country in the areas of energy and defense while at the same time promoting the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping route....

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Pompeo seen attending Finland Arctic talks amid China concerns

Yahoo Daily News 16 Mar 2019

China became an observer member of the Arctic Council in 2013 and last year it outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming....

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Federal ministries launch investigations after officials provide Irving Shipbuilding with information about Postmedia journalist

Canada Dot Com 14 Mar 2019

Irving’s Arctic patrol ship double the cost of previous five Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel meets water for the first time ... The Royal Canadian Navy’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, is assembled at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard in December 2017....

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My welcome to the Philippines!

The Manila Times 12 Mar 2019

... investments in the region, but should also make good use of the BRI framework to expand our business into the primarily Central Asian Silk Road economic belt, and even the shores of the new Arctic Route which is also increasingly being explored as a potential shipping route....

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Russia’s Next Oil Boom Is Happening In The Arctic

Oil Price 11 Mar 2019

Russia, however, has identified opportunities when it comes to the changing climate and the gradually decreasing icecap of the Arctic region. Moscow’s Arctic Strategy is intended to provide an edge for the Eurasian country in the areas of energy and defence while at the same time promoting the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping route....

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Ultra-luxury expedition ships will sail to the most remote corners of the planet in 2021

The Jakarta Post 08 Mar 2019

Built with the hardware and technology necessary for sailing to some of the most hostile environments like the Arctic and Antarctic, the ships will bring luxury travel to a traditionally no-frills experience ... ships will bring luxury travel to a traditionally no-frills experience....

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Moscow threatens to SINK foreign ships using Arctic sea route that links Atlantic to the Pacific unless it is given 45 days notice of voyages and vessels take a Russian pilot on board

This is Money 06 Mar 2019

... sail through the Arctic. Even then, non-Russian ships may be refused access to the Northern Sea Route ... Yet they were needed due to 'increased activity of various states in Arctic military naval zone' as well as to keep control over environment and merchant shipping, said Izvestia....

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Luxury cruises to sail above the Arctic Circle and cross the Northeast Passage

The Los Angeles Times 04 Mar 2019

The discovery of Arctic maritime routes that would carry ships westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or eastward from Alaska to the coasts of Norway and Russia, took centuries of perilous exploration. Today's adventurers can sail above the Arctic Circle in the plush confines of luxury ships....

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Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc. (LIND) CEO Sven Lindblad on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha 02 Mar 2019

It is only been operational for a few months, but both we and our guests are extremely pleased with the ship's performance and we look forward to a full year of operation in 2019. The National Geographic Venture is the fourth ship in our U.S ... But we are very, very excited about adding this ship to our fleet....

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Novatek readies for all-year use of the Northern Sea Route

Splash24/7 28 Feb 2019

Novatek operates the Yamal LNG facilities in Russia’s Arctic north, which has seen huge volumes shipped to Asia in its fist year of operations ... “The Arctic will not change the flow of global goods ... As it stands the route is open for ice-class ships for eight months of the year ... The Arctic saw 400,000 tons of transit traffic on 28 vessels in 2018....

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The battle to save Europe’s last great wilderness

Taipei Times 27 Feb 2019

Yet climate scientists and locals warn the region is under threat as never before from powerful global political and economic forces keen to exploit its plentiful natural resources and open up lucrative Arctic shipping routes to Asia ... The Arctic rail is still a part of the ......

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U.S. general says no military threat on southern border

Herald and News 27 Feb 2019

But he also endorsed O’Shaughnessy’s assertion that Russia’s expanding fleet of icebreakers in the Arctic present a serious threat, and the U.S ... Coast Guard currently has one working Polar-class icebreaker ship, but there’s funding in the Defense Department budget to begin building more ... ship is a disgrace, and the U.S....

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U.S. general denies military threat on southern border

The Philadelphia Tribune 27 Feb 2019

But he also endorsed O'Shaughnessy's assertion that Russia's expanding fleet of icebreakers in the Arctic present a serious threat, and the U.S ... Coast Guard currently has one working Polar-class icebreaker ship, but there's funding in the Defense Department budget to begin building more ... ship is a disgrace, and the U.S....