The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first ...

Power at the Poles The United States leads the world in aircraft carriers, with eleven nuclear-powered giants. Russia, i ...

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of Nato’s military committee, said last week that Russia and China are together ...

Indeed, now that Russia has a strong foothold in the region, it has developed the Northern Sea Route (NSR), a rival to the Suez Canal route for container ships cutting through the Arctic—to the point ...

Russia said it had appointed the first woman captain of a nuclear-powered icebreaker as the country marked the 80th anniversary of its atomic industry. Marina Starovoitova is taking charge of the ...

Finland will provide four new icebreakers to America under a $6.1 billion agreement as the U.S. seeks to strengthen Arctic ...

With most cargo vessels still running on dirty bunker oil, the global shipping industry is desperate to meet its CO2 ...

In addition to its primary role as an icebreaker, the vessel serves as a patrol ship and tugboat and can escort support vessels. It is also capable of protecting marine resources. The ship measures ...

The landmark journey from Ningbo to Felixstowe took half the time of traditional routes and came as China and Russia agreed an action plan to further develop transport through Arctic waters, where ...

The Director of Uzatom, Azim Akhmedkhadjayev, has been holding talks with Italian specialists and businesses about ...

The use of the Northern Sea Route is expected to boost freight turnover through Russia’s Arctic waters Read Full Article at RT.com ...