Latest News for: Arctic shipping

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Hothouse review – exuberantly inventive cruise trip across the climate crisis

The Guardian 18 Apr 2025
Aboard the Crystal Prophecy cruise ship, passengers distract themselves as they sail to the Arctic to see where the ice used to be.
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The U.S. has Greenland (and foreign policy) exactly upside down

Newsday 18 Apr 2025
The Arctic ... More recently, that risk environment has changed again, and as dramatically as the climate, which causes the Arctic ice to melt and frees shipping lanes for commercial and military craft.
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NATO's presence in a strategic sea it shares with Russia is about to get bigger

Business Insider 18 Apr 2025
Denmark, which sits at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, announced plans to buy dozens more ships amid rising threats in the Baltic and the Arctic ... Sweden is part of NATO's Baltic Sentry operation, which has put more ships and control vessels in the sea.
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Russian Arctic Oil Exports to China Increase With More STS Transfers, Avoiding US Sanctions

MarineLink 17 Apr 2025
Russia’s Arctic oil exports to China are set to rise sharply this month buoyed by a jump in ship-to-ship transfers at sea to ensure tankers pulling into port are not on U.S ... Not all the Arctic ...
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Russian Arctic Oil Exports to China Jump Helped by STS Transfers, Sources Say

gCaptain 17 Apr 2025
SINGAPORE/MOSCOW, April 17 (Reuters) – Russia’s Arctic oil exports to China are set to rise sharply this month buoyed by a jump in ship-to-ship transfers at sea to ensure tankers pulling into port are not on U.S.
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Sanctioned Russian Oil Exports to China Jump as STS Transfers Rise

Oil Price 17 Apr 2025
Chinese imports of Arctic Russian crude grades are on the rise as ship-to-ship (STS) transfers from ...
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Developing Waterway Cruises in Northern Canada

The Maritime Executive 17 Apr 2025
At present, cruise ships that carry guests on Arctic cruises, sail from the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay ... The precedent of Port of Churchill serving as a cruise ship terminal allows development of cruise tourism from other northern Canadian ports.
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Jack Glover obituary: Naval decoder and bunkmate of writer Alistair MacLean

The Times/The Sunday Times 16 Apr 2025
... especially on the Arctic convoys. “I was operating inside the ship, so I wasn’t exposed to the Arctic weather, so I had a fairly easy time really,” he said.
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The terrifying WWIII threat from the Arctic that could intensify as Trump pushes to make ...

The Daily Mail 16 Apr 2025
The rupture comes as international competition heats up in the nearby Arctic, with its coveted minerals and shipping lanes, and where Russia builds bases and America eyes another land grab in Greenland.
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U.S. Coast Guard Seeks Options for Another Small Icebreaker

The Maritime Executive 16 Apr 2025
The U.S ... - At most 360 feet in length, 78-foot beam and 23 feet of draft ... The type of vessel sought appears to align well with Canada's Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), or Harry DeWolf-class, which meets all of these specifications ... ....
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Scientists prepare for 'mammothpox' virus that could emerge from arctic permafrost and threaten humanity | ...

The Daily Mail 16 Apr 2025
The Arctic ... For example, one group was told one of the infected Arctic researchers was on a cruise ship, which gave them a quarantined environment they could use to see how fast the virus could spread.
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Manitoba premier touts increased trade with Europe, possible second Hudson Bay port

North Shore News 15 Apr 2025
Kinew says the next step is to get companies in Europe to look at investing and to promote trade in critical minerals, energy and other goods that can be shipped through the Arctic ... .
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Sweden's stealthy submarines are lethal. NATO's newest ally says it brings 'unique capabilities' to strategic waters.

Business Insider 15 Apr 2025
P�l Jonson highlighted Sweden's "sub-arctic capabilities" and singled out Swedish submarines operating in the Baltic Sea ... Denmark is buying dozens more ships amid rising threats in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic.
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MEPC 83: Outcomes, reactions and implications

SAFETY4SEA 14 Apr 2025
... of a widely supported proposal for a resolution encouraging member states and ship operators to avoid using scrubbers in highly vulnerable regions like the Arctic.  Next steps .
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One of history’s greatest mysteries: Behind the deadly quest to conquer the Northwest Passage

New York Post 13 Apr 2025
His greatest hope was to find the famous skipper’s records and diaries, possibly on King William Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, where Franklin’s two ships became stranded in 1846 and froze ...
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