The route’s Russian operator is building more nuclear-powered icebreakers, as it anticipates a significant rise in voyages by ...

China’s support for Russia is fuelling Western ... to Beijing in May the two countries vowed to “promote the Arctic route as an important international transport corridor” and encourage ...

Russia is currently operating four new nuclear-powered icebreakers that are capable of crushing sea ice east of the Taymyr ...

Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats ...

The Russian-Chinese joint venture expects the first ARC7 class container ship to be commissioned in 2027. As Rosatom commissions more nuclear-powered icebreakers, prospects are becoming more realistic ...

Russia, which controls this route, sees the Arctic as a good opportunity to boost its economic development. As for China, it views the Northern Sea Route as an essential component of its Belt and ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

Four hundred kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, in the Norwegian port of Kirkenes, there are still some who dream that this sleepy town will one day become an important shipping hub.

China is interested in wider use of the Northern Sea Route amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Far East and Arctic Minister Alexei Chekunkov told Izvestia. Nevertheless, the ...

Secret Russian Intelligence Document: Russia’s domestic security agency says that China is spying on the Russian military’s ...