Danish Maersk container ship trials Arctic route from South Korea to St. Petersburg

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https://www.dw.com/en/danish-maersk-container-ship-trials-arctic-route-from-south-korea-to-st-petersburg/a-45214580

Danish Maersk container ship trials Arctic route from South Korea to St. Petersburg

As climate change reduces the amount of ice on the Northern Sea Route, the possibility for container ships to cut transport times from Asia to Europe is increasing. This year, sea ice reached its lowest levels in history as temperatures 30 degrees Celsius above average were recorded in the Arctic.

The Northern Sea Route runs from Murmansk near the Russian border with Norway to the Bering Strait near Alaska. Ships going that way have to pay for a Russian permit and ice-breaker escorts as well as higher insurance.

The distance saved by heading north, instead of south through the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and onwards south of India, has tempted Maersk. The world's largest container shipping group could see its vessel complete the journey in 14 fewer days at sea.
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The Venta Maersk left Vladivostok on Russia's east coast on Thursday and is scheduled to depart Busan, South Korea, early next week. It will bring its cargo of Russian fish and South Korean electronics through the Bering Strait to the Russian port city of St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea by the end of September.
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The new ice-class Venta Maersk was launched this year and is designed to sail in colder seas with a stronger hull and protected rudders.

Smaller vessels with gas and oil cargo already take the Northern Route regularly. They include Maersk's Chinese competitor COSCO and Russian natural gas producer Novatek, which brought the first liquefied natural gas cargo to China via the Northern Sea Route in July.
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[hunter]

1. Some people are going to make fortunes as the earth overheats.

I've heard the Soylent Corporation is developing a tasty and nutritious new product called Soylent Green. It will be distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere via the usual Arctic shipping routes.

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2. +1 nt