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BarrentsObserver.com reports that for the first time ever in history, a metal shipment sailed unassisted by icebreakers through the Northern Sea to arrive in China, greatly reducing travel time. The story is quoted as saying; The Norilsk-Nickel owned vessel sailed from Murmansk on September 15th and sailed via the port of Dudinka on the Taimyr Peninsula […]
BarrentsObserver.com reports that for the first time ever in history, a metal shipment sailed unassisted by icebreakers through the Northern Sea to arrive in China, greatly reducing travel time.
The story is quoted as saying;
The Norilsk-Nickel owned vessel sailed from Murmansk on September 15th and sailed via the port of Dudinka on the Taimyr Peninsula to Asia via the north. The diesel-electric cargo vessel “Monchegorsk” can sail in ice without icebreaker assistance.
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