Russian freighter manages to cross the Arctic Circle in the middle of winter

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot reported that his ship Christophe de Margerie managed to complete an experimental arctic route, in the middle of winter season, paleaving from the extreme north of Russia, until you complete your route to China and back.

For the first time, a cargo ship completes the Arctic ship stretch in the middle of winter, which ends in November each year due to the extremely freezing temperatures reported during the boreal winter.

The ship had departed from the port of Sabetta (Russia) on January 5 and completed the section reaching the city of Jiangsu (China) on January 27, to return to the Russian town on February 7, sailing across the North Sea successfully, according to a company statement issued when full the route a few weeks ago.

“The trip is proceeding normally, the ship is in perfect working order and the 33 crew members are in good health. We consider that the ice conditions found along the route are a challenge, although within the expected parameters ”, informed Sergey Gen, master of the ship.e Christophe de Margerie, in the statement.

The crew members stated that the ship faced the pressure of the ice sheets on the sea during the entire journey. Chukotka Sea (the Bering Strait) and the Siberian Sea, this at a safe speed due to weather conditions.

The company stated that plans to receive between 2023 and 2025 from 18 next-generation icebreaker conveyors to service the Arctic LNG 2 project. Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree saying that cargo traffic along the North Sea route should increase to 80 million tons per year by 2024.

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