Arctic Transport and Shipping

With the rise of climate change and receding ice cover in the Arctic, Russia and other nations are increasingly exploiting the Northern Sea Route for international shipping. This section deals with the environmental detriments of this growing practice.

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Arctic Transport and Shipping

April 2, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping

Anxious Russian ministry says billions are needed for Arctic buildup

Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources has calculated that the Arctic needs some $160 billion of new investment to realize a…

January 30, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping

Russian port data show huge increases in Arctic shipping

While some in Vladimir Putin’s government may worry that they won’t be able to meet his goal of shipping 80…

January 23, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Bellona’s Arctic Frontiers event offers safe fuels for Arctic shipping expansion

The Arctic’s icecap is shrinking 12 percent faster than it was a decade ago, and nearly all of its older…

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January 21, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russian Ministers try nervously to fulfill Putin’s Arctic shipping goals

Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed last year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must increase…

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January 17, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, International climate conferences

Moscow’s response to climate change: Bring it on

As the Russia ponders a future of warming temperatures throughout the Arctic and much of Siberia, the Kremlin has adopted…