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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: 3, Insightful) by donkeyhotay on Friday August 24 2018, @02:18PM (4 children)
I despise articles like this that do not include a map! It's no wonder that so many people are ignorant of geography. I mean, I have a rough idea of where Vladivostok is located and where Saint Petersburg is, but a lot of people don't. Sure, I can open up another tab or window and pull up Google maps and find these places, but it's like I'm doing the journalists' job for them. They may not be the "enemy of the people", but they're certainly not our friends. Assholes.
(Score: 3, Informative) by rigrig on Friday August 24 2018, @02:53PM (2 children)
Here you go [ocean-insights.com]
(I was hoping to find a stupid projection for this, and am only a little bit disappointed by the inclusion of those balloons)
No one remembers the singer.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Friday August 24 2018, @05:09PM
I'm surprised it's only 10 days shorter with Suez , Singapore, and Gilbrater bottlenecks.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by donkeyhotay on Friday August 24 2018, @06:47PM
Thanks very much for posting that!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 24 2018, @06:16PM
Well said, it's amazing how often the map is missing. People don't know and this way they won't learn either...
If some journo out there is wondering where to get a map, one good answer is https://osm.org [osm.org]