The 20s attacked tankers leaving from Russia, the news reported on Wednesday Hungarian Nation. One of the damaged ships was transporting 100,000 tons of crude oil from Tuapse, Russia, the other tanker, also full of Russian cargo, was heading to Shanghai. Both ships were hit by drone attacks, and one was reportedly targeted with ballistic missiles.
So far, Russian sailors have felt safe in the Red Sea, but they may also have to choose alternative routes.
For them, the Russian northern sea route is not an unfamiliar terrain, which can save a lot of time and a considerable distance, especially compared to the alternative that bypasses the southern tip of Africa, which is discussed due to the instability of the Red Sea region.
The journey from Northern Europe through the southern tip of Africa to East Asia takes at least 6 weeks, but it takes 18 days to travel through the Arctic.
Forrás: gCaptain
The Edward Toll liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport ship from the North Sea Yamal plant in Russia arrived in Xiuyu, China in about 3 weeks. He crossed the arctic section of the road in less than a week – he illustrated the advantage of the northern road with an example gCaptain.
Isn’t melting ice good after all?
It is obvious to boost the northern region within the maritime transport market, but recently a research was published which points out to a hitherto unknown risk.
In the past, everyone believed that the decrease in ice mass accompanying climate change would make it easier for commercial freighters. The Canadian CBC however, the research cited by
It is true that the surface ice layer is constantly melting as a result of climate change, but no one has yet calculated the further consequences of this. One of the people responsible for the research, the Scottish Marine Science Society, claims that due to the melting of the floating ice, the deep,
a thicker layer of ice flows to the south and makes routes that have been used for centuries, such as the Northwest Passage, dangerous and unpredictable.
which connects the two oceans in the waters of the Arctic Ocean along the Arctic Archipelago off the northern coast of Canada.
Compared to 1990, there are currently four times as many ships sailing there, but if research is to be believed, the window of time until the gateway is secure may decrease. The Canadian co-author believes that if sections here are partially blocked by ice, it can hardly be considered a viable trade route.
The Canadian Shipping Association is not sounding the alarm about the researchers. They do not dispute that there can be time slips at any time, but the icebreakers have been and will be ready until now. In their opinion, there is no question that the Northwest Passage would soon threaten the Panama Canal, because that would require huge investments, many more icebreakers, and captains and crews trained for northern conditions.
Bold Russian plans
The importance of the Arctic waters is not only a matter of commercial shipping, but also a matter of military policy. Russia is perhaps the most active: it has set ambitious goals in both areas, for example with 270 million tons of cargo traffic by 2035 calculates after last year’s 36 million.
By comparison, the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, saw 1.27 billion tons of cargo pass through it in 2022. A few years ago, not many people believed that 20 percent of the Suez Canal’s traffic could one day turn over in the Arcticbut according to the Russians, none of this is unattainable.
Russia is the country with the largest coastal area on the Arctic Ocean. The other half is shared by the United States, Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), Iceland and Norway. The recent accession of Sweden and Finland means that 7 NATO Member State and the Russian Federation share. But President Vladimir Putin has the most consistent Arctic strategy.
Source: www.economx.hu
