Russia Sends Nuclear Fuel Across Arctic on Ship with History of Safety Violations Weeks after sending crude oil on non-ice class tankers through the Arctic, Russian authorities shipped nuclear fuel across the Northern Sea Route on a cargo ship not specialized in the transport of nuclear fuel. Ship records also show a host of safety deficiencies during past inspections. The nuclear fuel traveled from Murmansk to Pevek to resupply the floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov.
Arctic Port of Tiksi Opens to Foreign Vessels To Spur Investments along NSR Russia continues to bank on the development of its Northern Sea Route for future economic prosperity. By designating Tiksi an “international port” it hopes to create a new cargo hub along the route.
Russia to Begin Year-Round Shipping on Entire Northern Sea Route in 2024 Russian officials announced that year-round exports of liquified natural gas from the Arctic to Asia will begin early next year. A milestone for Novatek, the company has worked toward regular winter deliveries along the eastern part of the Northern Sea Route for the past five years.
First Parts of Arctic LNG 2 Utrenny Terminal Put in Operation In preparation for the full commissioning of the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project the federally-constructed facilities were put in operation this week. Production of liquified natural gas is expected to start later this year according to Novatek.
Russia Says Northern Sea Route To Transport 270m tons by 2035 Traffic on the Northern Sea Route will grow exponentially over the coming decade according to latest figures by Russian officials. The next boost in volume will come as early as 2024 with tonnage doubling from 40m to 80m tons.
Russia Uses Northern Sea Route to Ship Cargo to Bangladesh On Tuesday, the nuclear-powered container shipSevmorputdeparted from the port of St. Petersburg with cargo to be delivered in Bangladesh. The voyage is planned to take about 25 days.
Rosatom To Invest $7bn in Arctic Shipping to Compete with Suez Canal Russia’s Rosatom Group plans to spend $7 billion to become one of the world’s largest container shipping operators. The company aims to offer container liner service along the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route (NSR), a shortcut between Asia and Europe, competing with the Suez Canal.
Rosatom Comments on Status of Floating Nuclear Power Plant - But Questions Remain In an interview with High North News, Rosatom answered questions about the status of its Floating Nuclear Power Plant, but some questions regarding the safety of Akademik Lomonosov remain. The plant is scheduled to be towed to the Arctic port of Pevek and begin electricity generation by the end of 2019.
Russia to Send Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ship Through Arctic Russia’s Rosatom is to send nuclear-powered cargo ship Sevmorput through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this summer as part of a strategic effort to boost traffic, especially container shipping, on the route.
