The Trans-Arctic Corridor develops as an evolution of the Great Northern Sea Route project, implemented under the Efficient Transport System national project MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. The ...

ST. PETERSBURG, April 1. /TASS/. The Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor is becoming the main safe alternative to southern sea routes amid the conflict in the Middle East, Russian Deputy Prime Minister ...

The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region’s future. The United States, by virtue of Alaska, ...

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin pilot operations on the Arctic shipping routes next year, the oceans minister has said, adding the government will create a special task force to that ...

Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement remains limited. Russia’s ambitions to expand the global utilization of the ...

Arctic Ocean - In a significant development for global shipping, Russia’s first oil shipment of the year has navigated through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) amidst ongoing Western sanctions. This move ...

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is in Anchorage for a discussion on Japan’s growing role in the Arctic on ...

MCMURDO SOUND, Antarctica (Jan. 2) -- During Operation Deep Freeze 2002, both the 399-ft. Polar Star (WAGB-10) and its sister ship Polar Sea (WAGB-11) jointly broke an ice path to create an access ...

As the Northern Sea Route gains global significance, Russia’s tightening control threatens to turn it into a geopolitical chokepoint. Yet the NSR could become an advantage rather than a vulnerability ...

SEOUL — Amid intensifying climate shifts, geopolitical tensions and a scramble for new trade corridors, the Arctic shipping route is quickly emerging as a key part of South Korea’s maritime strategy — ...