Arctic Ships

Monday, 25 September 2023

Latest News for: Arctic ships

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Russian LNG shipments to China surge

Russia Today 24 Sep 2023

Qatar ranked second, shipping 10.76 million tons worth $6.81 billion ... Russia delivers first LNG to China via Arctic – Reuters ... Last week, Russian energy major Gazprom delivered its first LNG cargo to China via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which passes through the Arctic Ocean and is the shortest shipping route between East Asia and Europe.

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Canadian navy's vessels visit Philippine ports

Manila Bulletin 22 Sep 2023

The ship's previous big deployment was in August 2020, when it was sent off to the Arctic as part of Operation Nanook, along with HMCS Glace Bay and HMCS Ville de Québec from the Royal Canadian Navy and with warships from the Danish, French, US navies, according to the official website of the US Navy.

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Gazprom ships its first LNG vessel along Northern Sea Route

SAFETY4SEA 21 Sep 2023

Gazprom has shipped its first consignment of LNG to China through Russia’s Arctic waters, duplicating the delivery route used by Russian natural gas producer Novatek ... ....

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NGO advocates for the need of underwater noise reduction

SAFETY4SEA 20 Sep 2023

... as efforts to decarbonise the global shipping fleet are stepped-up ... As Eelco Leemans, Technical Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, explains, the most important source of continuous underwater noise in shipping is cavitation, or production of vacuum bubbles by propellers.

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Quark Expeditions Launches New Arctic 2025 Season: "Rethink Your Bucket List"

Victoria Advocate 20 Sep 2023

Rethink your Bucket List with Quark Expeditions' New 2025 Arctic Season ... Glaciers and IcebergsUltimate Arctic Voyage ... Quark Expeditions has curated its Arctic 2025 portfolio so guests can choose from varying trip lengths and off-ship experiences—many supported by Ultramarine's two twin-engine helicopters.

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Russia flexes military muscle to protect new Arctic shipping route

Tradewinds 19 Sep 2023

... ramping up tanker voyages through the strategically important Arctic passage.

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Japan will ensure stable energy supply even with U.S. sanctions

Asahi News 19 Sep 2023

sanctions apply to a number of Russian companies and one UAE firm providing architecture, construction and engineering services for the project, and to a Russian ship construction firm that will operate two LNG floating storage units for Arctic LNG transhipments via the Northern Sea Route and to two storage vessels set to operate on the route.

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IMO Must Take Opportunity To Reduce Underwater Noise By Transitioning to Cleaner Ships

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 19 Sep 2023

... and quieter as efforts to decarbonise the global shipping fleet are ....

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Gazprom Ships its First Cargo of LNG to China Via Arctic Waters

The Maritime Executive 19 Sep 2023

Russian state energy giant Gazprom has shipped its first consignment of LNG to China through Russia's Arctic waters, duplicating the delivery route used by Russian natural gas producer Novatek ... The LNG plant started up last September and has been shipping regular cargoes on conventional routes.

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Milestones reached along the increasingly busy Northern Sea Route

Splash24/7 18 Sep 2023

“The rapid expansion of Arctic shipping traffic using fossil fuels and opening Arctic Sea routes to year-round navigation for transporting fossil fuels heightens the risk of spills and leakages, increases underwater noise pollution, and destroys ice ecosystems and habitats of ice-dependent species such as seals and polar bears.

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North is the new Black: How Russia tries to keep up trade

SAFETY4SEA 18 Sep 2023

As explained by Clean Arctic Alliance’s Lead Advisor, Dr Sian Prior, greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions from ships operating in the Arctic contribute to the warming of the Arctic – currently four times faster than elsewhere on Earth – and as the Arctic warms, this will have significant repercussions further south ... Clean Arctic Alliance.

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The Last Remaining Place On Earth Where There Is No Time Zone

IFL Science 18 Sep 2023

Advertisement. At the poles of the planet, day and night aren't as separated out as they are nearer the equators ... In the Arctic, the time zone is left up to the captain of the ship, according to timeanddate.com. This has led to some odd situations where supply ships are operating in completely different time zones to the ships they are supplying ... .

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Moscow fires cruise missiles in sea drills between Russia and Alaska

The Star 18 Sep 2023

(Reuters) - Russia fired cruise missiles at mock targets in the seas separating it from Alaska on Monday in what it said was an exercise to protect its northern shipping route in the Arctic. Read full story ... .

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Russia delivers first LNG to China via Arctic – Reuters

Russia Today 16 Sep 2023

Russia wants the NSR – which runs through the Arctic Ocean off the country’s northern coastline and is the shortest shipping route between East Asia and Europe – to become a major shipping lane, and is investing heavily in its infrastructure ... Northern Sea Route now a major international shipping artery, minister tells RT.

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Russia delivers first LNG to China via Arctic Reuters

Beijing News 16 Sep 2023

Russia wants the NSR - which runs through the Arctic Ocean off the country's northern coastline and is the shortest shipping route between East Asia and Europe - to become a major shipping lane, and is investing heavily in its infrastructure ... of the Far East and the Arctic.