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World's biggest shipping firm to test Russian Arctic route
Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Thursday it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
[...] "I think it is important to underline that this is a one-off trial designed to explore an unknown route for container shipping and to collect scientific data—and not the launch of a new product," von Spalding said in an email to The Associated Press.
The Northern Sea Route could be a shorter route for journeys from East Asia to Europe than the Northwest Passage over Canada because it will likely be free of ice sooner due to climate change.
Experts say it could reduce the most commonly used East Asia-Europe route via the Suez Canal from 21,000 kilometers (13,000 miles) to 12,800 kilometers (8,000 miles), cutting transit time by 10-15 days.
Von Spalding said the ship will leave Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok around Sept. 1 with a cargo of frozen fish and sail to St. Petersburg where it will arrive by the end of the month.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @09:45PM (1 child)
Ooooh, so THIS is what the 4D chess is actually all about!! So Trump is still conning the US, but the actual end goal is to get his base so worked up that when he announces universal healthcare they'll lap it up. I can get behind this.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday August 25 2018, @09:48AM
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